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26th Communiqué from the Reza Shahabi Defence Committee
Reza Shahabi sentenced to six years imprisonment and torture and five
years of silence
Reza Shahabi has now been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by Judge
Salavati in Branch 15 of Tehran's “Islamic Revolutionary Court",
after being incarcerated and persecuted for more than 22 months.
This sentence includes a year’s prison sentence on charges of “propaganda
activities against the system” and five years in prison on false charges
of “conspiracy with the intention of acting against national security”.
The false accusations under which Shahabi has been sentenced demonstrate
the anti-working class nature of the judicial system. Reza Shahabi’s only
crime is defending the rights of workers and his colleagues. Given the
very serious situation, even the prison official’s coroner has prompted
protests and warnings; every day of incarceration for Reza Shahabi is
nothing but physical torture.
Also in this Judgment, Reza Shahabi, a bus worker, Executive Board member
and Treasurer of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran Vahed Bus Company,
has been prohibited from all union activities for five years, which
simply means an attempt to silence this active and noble human being.
Adding insult to injury to this anti-worker sentence, Reza Shahabi has
also been sentenced to pay a fine of seven million Tomans into the state
coffers. This is the sum of money collected from many workers (whose
names are documented on websites), which was given by Reza, as a trustee
to the families of imprisoned workers.
In these circumstances where such outrageous inhuman sentences are
carried out against workers and labour activists, the Iranian government
still acts in the context of international bodies, including the
International Labour Organisation, as if no workers or labour activists
in Iran are incarcerated in gaol!
The Reza Shahabi Defence Committee, while condemning this latest
anti-worker pronouncement, representing its 500 members, including Reza
Shahabi's family members, fellow workers and labour activists, calls on
all workers, labour activists, local and international labour
organisations and institutions to carry out a united and coordinated
protest campaign against these sentences and asks them to inform this
committee of their proposed action plans in order to assist bringing
about a coordinated set of actions.
Reza Shahabi Defence Committee
14/04/2012
www.k-d-shahabi.blogspot.com
[email protected]
Committee Spokesperson: Mahmoud Salehi: +98.91.88.74.71.04
Reza Shahabi à
été condamné à 6 ans de prison et de torture
et à 5 ans de
silence.
Communiqué N ° 26 du Comité de
défense de Reza Shahabi.
Après 22 mois d'emprisonnement et de
persécution, le juge de la 15ème chambre du
Tribunal révolutionnaire de Téhéran, Ghazi Salavati,
a condamné Reza Shahabi, à 6 ans de prison ferme. Cela
comprend une peine de prison d'un an pour "propagande contre le
régime" et de cinq ans pour «conspiration avec l'intention de
porter atteinte à la sécurité nationale".
Ces accusations non fondées
révèlent la nature hostile du tribunal envers les
travailleurs car Réza Shahabi a milité uniquement pour la
défense des droits des travailleurs, les siens et ceux de ses
collègues.
Vu la situation très grave de Shahabi en
prison que même les médecins légistes dénoncent
avec inquiétude, chaque jour passé en prison c'est de la
torture physique pour lui.
Ce jugement condamne également Reza Shahabi,
membre du conseil d'administration et directeur financier du syndicat
Vahed des travailleurs de la Société des transports en
commun de Téhéran, à 5 ans d'interdiction
d'activités et contraint au silence cet homme honnête et
déterminé.
En vertu de cette sentence, Reza Shahabi est
condamné, en plus, à rembourser 7 millions de toumans (
environ 4.400 euros) aux caisses de l'Etat. Cette somme a
été récoltée par de nombreux travailleurs
(dont la liste figure sur des sites d'internet) et Réza, leur
personne de confiance, l'a versée aux familles des travailleurs
emprisonnés.
Malgré ces peines inhumaines
infligées aux travailleurs et aux militants ouvriers, l'Etat
iranien est présent aux instances internationales, notamment
l'Organisation internationale du Travail, et prétend qu'aucun
travailleur ni militant n'est emprisonné en Iran.
Le Comité de défense de Réza
Shahabi, au nom de ses 500 membres - travailleurs et militants ouvriers
et la famille de Réza Shahabi - condamne ce verdict et demande son
annulation. Le Comité appelle les travailleurs, les militants
ouvriers, les organisations des travailleurs nationales et internationales
à dénoncer unanimement ce jugement et de lui adresser leurs
propositions pour prendre des mesures communes et d'organiser des actions
coordonnées.
Comité de
défense de Reza Shahabi - 14/04/2012
www.k-d-shahabi.blogspot.com
k.d.shahabi @ gmail.com
Le porte-parole du
Comité de défense : M. Mahmoud Salehi
+98.91.88.74.71.04
Sample
Protest letter:
Please
take a moment to send this protest letter or use your own version:
Free Reza
Shahabi
I (we) have been informed that, after
being incarcerated for more than 22 months, Reza Shahabi has been
sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, by Judge Salavati of the Branch 15 of
Tehran's “Islamic Revolutionary Court". This includes a
year’s prison sentence on charges of “propaganda activities against the
system” and five years in prison on false charges of “conspiracy with the
intention of acting against national security”. Also in this court
order, Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to prohibition of activities for
five years, which only means an attempt in silencing this
labour activist.
Reza Shahabi’s only crime is to be representing
workers and defending the rights of workers and members of his union.
Reza Shahabi,
treasurer and a board member of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburb
Vahed Bus Company, has been in custody in the notorious Evin prison since
12 June 2010. After almost a year, on 25 May 2011 he was tried in a court
in Tehran on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic State” and
“conspiracy against National Security”. As a result of mistreatment of
Shahabi in jail, his health has deteriorated significantly. There is a
growing fear that Reza might become paralyzed as a result of his worsening
health conditions.
I (we) strongly condemn these unjust sentences against
Reza Shahabi. I (we) also denounce ongoing persecution and arrests of
labour activists in Iran. I (we) demand annulment of the sentences
against Reza Shahabi and the immediate and unconditional freedom of all
labour activists.
Name:
Organization:
Position:
Send Copy of your
Protest Letters to:
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected];
CC:
[email protected]
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International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran
(IASWI)
[email protected]
www.etehadbinalmelali.com
www.workers-iran.org.
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