UNISON Urgent Action No 50 - Iran
Call on the Iranian authorities to stop the inhuman treatment of trade union leader Mansour Osanloo who has just suffered a suspected heart attack
UNISON is supporting Amnesty International’s urgent action calling for trade union leader, Mansour Osanloo (an Amnesty prisoner of conscience) to be treated humanely as he has just suffered a suspected heart attack in prison. Amnesty reports that he has been moved to a hospital but has been shackled hand and foot to a hospital bed.
Mansour is the leader of the Vahed Bus Company workers’ union in Tehran, Iran, an independent trade union in a country with a track record of persecuting independent trade unionists (as well as workers generally, women, LGBT communities and so on). Mansour has been in jail now since July 2007, and his health is deteriorating in part because of the brutal beatings he has received from the security services.
Previous Amnesty International and trade union actions have secured medical treatment for Mansour, and it is hoped this latest action will be successful in ensuring he receives proper medical treatment and that the authorities remove his shackles. Please sign the action now and encourage others to sign it. http://amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=628 Together we are stronger!
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Please act quickly and spread the word on this campaign.
What you can do
1) Click here to sign Amnesty International’s e-action calling for the Iranian authorities Mansour Osanloo to be treated as a human being
2) Forward the email to your members/contacts encouraging them to sign the petition
3) Encourage others to subscribe to receive urgent actions www.unison.org.uk/international/solidarity.asp You can subscribe by putting your details in the box on the right of the page
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