Thursday, November 05, 2009

Two board members of Haft-Tapeh sugar cane factory’s labor union were arrested and taken to prison to serve their sentences.

HRA- the labor unit of HRA reports that 2 board members of Haft-Tapeh labor union were arrested by Company’s security on Thursday, November 5th at 10 AM. The two union activists, Jalil Ahmadi and Feraydoon Nikoofar were handed over to security forces at 2PM who in turn took them to Dezful prison to serve their sentences.

The Revolutionary Court in Dezful had previously sentenced the two labor activists to fixed and suspended prison terms for their activities. The Provincial Court of Appeals upheld the Revolutionary Court’s verdict for both activists and referred their cases to the enforcement department of Dezful Court. The activists were arrested today to serve their sentences.

In October, 2009, the Revolutionary Court in Dezful found a group of labor activists guilty of union activities and sentenced them to prison terms. Ali Nejati, Feraydoon Nikoufar, Ghorban Alipoor and Jalil Ahmadi were each sentenced to 6 months of fixed prison term followed by 6 months of suspended term. Mohammad Haydari-Poor was sentenced to 4 months of fixed prison term followed by 8 months of suspended term. According to reliable sources, the three remaining activists will also be arrested in the coming days to serve their sentences.