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دبیر کنفدراسیون بین
المللی اتحادیه های کارگری در نامه اعتراضی به احمدی نژاد:
شک نداشته باشید که در
صورت عدم آزادی کارگران دستگیر شده٬ اتحادیه های کارگری جهان را در حمایت از
همکاران خود در ایران بسیج خواهیم کرد!
دبیر کنفدراسیون بین
المللی اتحادیه های کارگری که ۱۷۰ میلیون کارگر را نمایندگی می کند٬ در نامه ای به
احمدی نژاد نسبت به دستگیری و سرکوب کارگران در اول مه ۲۰۰۹ توسط جمهوری اسلامی
اعتراض کرد۔ در این نامه که رونوشت آن به خامنه ای٬ وزیرکار٬ وزیر امور خارجه و
رئیس مجلس جمهوری اسلامی و همچنین هئیت نمایندگی رژیم در سازمان ملل و مقرسازمان
جهانی کار در ژنو ارسال شده است٬ به چگونگی برگزاری اول مه ۲۰۰۹ توسط کارگران در
تهران و سایر شهر ها اشاره شده است۔
دبیر کنفدراسیون بین
المللی اتحادیه های کارگری در نامه خود به احمد نژادی به رفتار وحشیانه نیروهای
پلیس جمهوری اسلامی و ضرب و شتم کارگران می پردازد و سپس اسامی دهها تن از کارگران
دستگیر شده را قید می کند۔ در بخش پایانی این نامه چنین آمده است:
" ما شرایط کارگران
ایران را از نزدیک دنبال می کنیم و تردید نداشته باشید که همه ابزارها و مکانیسم ها
موجود در سطح بین المللی را برای بسیج جهانی اتحادیه های کارگری در حمایت از
همکاران خود در ایران بکار خواهیم گرفت۔ از شما می خواهیم ترتیبی دهید که کارگران
دستگیر شده فورا آزاد شوند!"
کمپین بین المللی برای
آزادی دستگیر شدگان روز جهانی کارگر با قدرت ادامه خواهد یافت۔
تشکیلات خارج کشور حزب
کمونیست کارگری ایران
۱۳ مه ۲۰۰۹
Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran, Iran
Fax: ++98-21-649.58.80
HTUR/FW 6 May 2009
Peaceful May Day rallies met with violence and arrests in Tehran and Sanandaj
President,
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), which represents more than
170 million workers through its 312 affiliates in 157 countries and territories,
regrets to have to write you yet again to strongly protest the series of events
which marred the celebration of May Day in your country.
On the occasion of the 1st of May, a number of Iranian workers' organisations
had established the 2009 May Day Organising Committee . This Committee had
organised a peaceful May Day rally in Laleh Park, Tehran, which was set to start
at 5 pm. According to our information, more than 2,000 workers had shown up for
the event.
The Iranian security forces had, in the days prior to the event, undertaken
serious attempts at preventing it from taking place, by issuing court summonses,
making threatening phone calls, and placing workers and labour activists under
surveillance. Hours before the start of the celebrations in Laleh Park, hundreds
of uniformed police officers as well as plainclothes intelligence officials
appeared on the spot. They positioned themselves inside the park and closed all
its entrances.
Security guards from certain companies and factories - most notably from Sherkat-e
Vahed - were also present in the crowd, in order to identify and report workers
from their companies to the security forces, while intelligence officers
extensively filmed participants. According to our information, the massive
turnout appeared to have angered the security forces.
Almost immediately after the start of the event, at 5.30 pm, the demonstrators
were violently attacked by the police and assaulted with batons and tasers. A
large number of participants were cornered, beaten to the ground with batons,
tear-gassed, punched, kicked and verbally abused. The police also broke cameras
and cell phones of anyone trying to document what was happening.
It then began to violently disperse the workers and their families, and went on
to arrest over 200 workers and other participants, including women’s
organisations, university students, and allegedly even some passers-by,
generally resorting to unnecessarily brutal force. Over 150 of those arrested
were subsequently taken to Evin prison. The names we have received already
include:
1-Jafar Azimzadeh 2- Gholamreza Khani 3- Mansoor Hayatgheibi 4- Fateme Shah
Nazari 5-Alireza Saghafy 6- Mohsen Saghafy 7- Kaveh Mozaffari 8- Amir Yaghoobali
9- Mohammad Faraji 10- Saleh Kiamari 11- Mohammad Ashrafi 12 -Unese Arjang 13-
Mehdi Farahi Shandiz 14- Saeid Uzi 15- Maryam Mohseni 16- Homayon Jabari 17-
Shapour Ehsani 18- Jelveh Javaheri 19- Taha Vali 20- Pouria Pushtareh 21- Homa
Ajdarnia 22- Hamid Khademi 23- Ainolah Basiri 24- Mahmoud Hosseini 25- Omid
Shafie 26- Aisan Zarfam 27- Meysam Jafar Nejad 28- Maeilhe Yazdi 29- Masoud
Logman 30- Abdoulhassan Shahari 31- Mohammad Lotfi 32- Gholamhossein Razavi 33-
Star Sataripour 34- Afsaneh Azimzadeh 35- Seyed Javad Mosavi 36- Yekzad Zangeneh
37- Amirali Yaghoubi 38- Hamid Ghorbani 39- Serous Rahiad 40- Jamal Sied Ali 41-
Saeed Sajodi 42- Ali Moadan 43- Najma Ranjbaran 44- Parvaneh Ghasemian 45- Mir
Bahari 46- Alireza Firozie
At another event in Tehran, organized by Metal workers, over 30 persons were
arrested and twenty five of those were subsequently put in custody.
Also on the 1st of May, six labour activists were arrested at the May Day event
in the city of Sanandaj. According to our information they were released the day
after, albeit on heavy bails (26 million toman). Their names are: 1- Shabbou
Khalili (Golriz) 2- Shiva Sobhani 3- Farzam Abdi 4- Foaad Keykhosravi 5- Babak
Bajlani 6- Mansour Karimian. All six of them suffered aggressive treatment
during their detention. Ms Shabbou and Ms Shiva were handcuffed and blindfolded
throughout the whole of their custody. The ITUC fears that these six activists
may face further charges for their participation in the May Day events.
Mr. President, the ITUC cannot stress enough how strongly we disagree with the
course of events as described above. The workers in Tehran, as well as in
Sanandaj, had requested permission for their rally well in advance, their
legitimate and only intention being to peacefully celebrate Labour Day, as
millions of their fellow workers in countries all over the world do. In no way
can the events justify the amount of violence used by your government’s security
forces and the huge number of detainees.
We once more express our deep concern at the level of trade union repression in
Iran. The recurrence of these saddening facts proves that the Iranian trade
union movement cannot be reduced to a few insubordinate individuals. On the
contrary, workers throughout Iran are well aware of their legitimate rights, and
bravely choose to stand up for them in the face of fierce reprisals.
The international trade union movement believes that your government is mistaken
in its ongoing coercion of any attempt by our fellow workers in your country to
address injustices committed against them, such as unfair working conditions,
low wages or back wages. Actions to promote better working and living conditions
do not pose a threat to the Iranian state, but are rather aimed at helping the
Iranian people prosper.
It is the responsibility of your government to ensure the right and exercise of
trade union rights without fear of any violence or reprisals. The ITUC will
continue to monitor the situation of workers in Iran very closely, and will
certainly not hesitate to make use of the available mechanisms at international
level, or to once again mobilise the international trade union movement on
behalf of our colleagues in Iran.
I urge you to take the necessary measures to ensure the immediate and safe
release of all those arrested.
Yours sincerely,
General Secretary
Cc.: Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
Minstry of Labour
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Leader of the Iranian Parliament
Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN, Geneva
International Labour Organisation, Geneva |
