TWSC Protests Threat To Hang Iranian Kurdish unionist teacher by Iranian Government
TWSC Protests Threat To Hang Iranian Kurdish teacher by Iranian Government
11/27/2008
The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee (TWSC) demands that the Iranian government halt their plans to execute Iranian Kurdish union activist teacher Farzad Kamangar. We also call for his immediate release from prison. He was arrested for his union activity and for being an activist among Kurdish people in Iran. These democratic rights apparently are worthy of a death sentence by the theocratic regime in Iran. We condemn this assault and warn the Iranian government that the murder of Farzad will be seen as a crime against working people throughout the world and not just in Iran and the Middle East.
We call on transit workers and their unions internationally to protest this attack and to use their power in opposition to these threats.
Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
www.transportworkers.org
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[2008-11-26] Alert: Iranian teacher unionist could be executed today
Education International has been informed that Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on “absolutely zero evidence” according to his lawyer, could be hanged on Wednesday 26 November 2008.
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According to several reliable sources, he has been taken from his cell 121 in ward 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison in preparation for execution. Jail security officers are said to have told him he is about to be executed and they make a fun of him, calling him a martyr.
The Revolutionary Court issued the death sentence against Kamangar on 25 February 2008. His lawyer has said: “Nothing in Kamangar’s judicial files and records demonstrates any links to the charges brought against him.” Kamangar was cleared of all charges during the investigation process. The last time Kamangar was seen, he was at the health clinic of Evin prison and his physical condition was poor. Witnesses testify that he has been beaten again. Kamangar has not been allowed to see his lawyer or family members for the past two months.
EI has been appealing the Iranian authorities to commute Kamangar’s death sentence and ensure his case is reviewed fairly. During the campaign, over 1,700 on-line messages were sent to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in support of Kamangar.
Now, EI is once again appealing to Iranian judicial authorities to halt the execution. EI is also asking members of the international community urgently to intervene.
[2008-11-26] 08:57:03 | DIGG THIS
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