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Med stor glädje skulle jag vilja meddela er att den
18 april befriades Bageriarbetarfackets ordförande Mahmoud Salehi
i staden Saqqez. Han togs emot av sin familj och sina vänner som tog
med honom hem. Hans vänner gratulerade honom till hans frisläppande
med blommor och röda plakat som hängde på ingången
och väggar till hans bostad.
På IAPs utlandsorganisations vägnar tackar
jag för ert stöd för Mahmoud Salehi. Kampanjen för
frisläppandet av Salehi var en utmärkt manifestation av den internationella
arbetarsolidariteten. De iranska arbetaraktivisterna, som kämpar mot
borgarklassen och den islamiska regimen och strävar efter frihet från
förtryck och total rättslöshet, alltid kommer att minnas
och uppskatta ert stöd.
Den Islamiska republiken arresterade Salehi för hans
försök att försvara arbetarnas rättigheter och att
organisera de. Det skulle skrämma arbetarna från att protestera.
Men det gick i motsatt riktning mot vad regimen tänkt sig.
IAPs internationella kampanj och ert stöd fick stort
genomslag bland arbetarna och de frihetsivrande människorna i Iran
och välkomnades. Protestbrev, aktioner, resolutioner till stöd
för Salehi och arbetarnas krav på hans behandling, både
utomlands och i några iranska städer, omintetgjorde helt och
hållet den islamiska regimens planer och förstärkte kampviljan
bland arbetarna i Iran. Salehi blev en känd person i Iran samt bland
arbetarorganisationer och hos frihetsivrande människor runtom i världen
och det kraftfulla stödet från omvärlden uppmuntrade arbetarna
i Iran ännu mer i deras kamp.
Jag bifogar en lista över ett antal organisationer
som stödde kampanjen för Salehis frigivande. Utöver detta
har ett stort antal personer och politiska aktivister skrivit protestbrev
till Khatami och skickat en kopia av det till IAP. Ett antal arbetarorganisationer
har dessutom publicerat rapporten om denna kampanj på sina webbsidor.
Länge leve den internationella arbetarsolidariteten!
Asghar Karimi
Ordförande för IAPs utlandsorganisation
2001-04-18
Afrika
Voice of Africa Forum
Australien
Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union
Union of Manufacturing Workers
Union of Shipbuilding workers
Rail, Tram and Bus workers
Communication, Electrical, Energy, Information Union
Plumbing union of Australia
Community and public sector union
Maritime union
May Day Committee
Communist Party of Australia
Social Democratic Party
International Women's Day Collective
Political Committee of Social Democratic Party
Belgien
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Danmark
Parliamentary Work of Red Green alliance
Union of Carpenters
Union of Manual Building Workers
Union of Nursery Trainers
Union of Builders
Communist Party of Denmark
K Larson Yens - Representative of Social Demokrat Party
in Parliament
England
Trade Union Congress (TUC)
Transport and General Workers Union
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union
Public Sector Trade Union (UNISON)
Teachers' Trade Union (NASUWT)
Communication Workers Union, West London region 8
Jeremy Corbin -Member of Parliament, Labour Party
Helen Barber - Chair of Medical Foundation (in defence
of victims of torture)
Jerey Hardi - Comedian and Guardian Columnist
Jasmin Elyabi Brown -writer
Committee for the unity of left revolutionary, of South
Asia
Y Harris - Member of Parliament, Liberal Democrat
Civil Rights Caravan
Finland
Chemical Workers' Union
Metal Workers' Union of Finland
Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland - SASK
Left Alliance
Food Industry Workers' Union
Finnish Paper workers´ Union
Finnish Freethinkers Union
Finnish Trade Unions SAK
Railwaymen´s Union
Finnish National Union for State Employees and Special
Services VAL
The Wood and Allied Workers' Union of Finland
Service Union United PAM
Communist Party of Finland
Council Workers' Union
Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union FINLAND
Frankrike
Federation Syndicate Unitaire
Federation of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Syndicates
Indien
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peoples' Watch
Irak
Worker-communist Party of Iraq
Iran
Syndicate of Bakery Workers - city of Saqez
Syndicate of Bakery Workers - city of Sanadaj
Group of Unemployed Workers of , Workers of small workshops
- city of Saqez
A Group of Brick Kiln Workers of Sanekh and Shabastar
A Group of Workers in the city of Zanjan
Bakery Workers in the City of Kamyaran
International Federation of Iranian Refugees
Israel
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Kanada
Labour Congress
Postal workers Union
Vancouver Labor Council
Victoria Trades Council
Canadian Autoworkers Local 199, St. Catharines, Ontario
Hospital Workers Union - British Colombia
Nederländerna
Confederation of Trade Unions (FNV)
Transnational Information Exchange (TIE) - Netherlands
Norge
Confederation of Trade Unions
National Union of Oil Workers
Filippinerna
Labor Centre of Phillippines - Kilusang Mayo Uno -
Sri Lanka
National Transport & General Workers' Union
Union of Workers in Free Trade Zones
Transnational Information Exchange (TIE)
Sverige
Confederation of Trade Unions LO - South
Confederation of Trade Unions LO
Transport Workers Union
Union of Food Industry
Union of General Services
Parliamentary Group of Left Party
Left Party of Malo
Social Democratic Party of Malmo
Kommunal Stockholm Lans Trade Union
16 Journalists at the Express Newspaper
Turkiet
Human Rights' Organisation of Turkey
Baker Workers' Union (Izmir branch)
Tyskland
General Union of Workers - DGB
DGB Union of Kassel
General Services and Transport Workers of Hessen
Food and Restaurants Workers Union of Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz
and SaarLand
Trade, Banks and Insurance Workers Union of Hessen
General Workers' Union in Koln
General Workers' Union in Hamburg
Transnational Information Exchange TIE - Germany
Metal Workers' Union
Workers' Council of Toyota car plant - Koln
7th National Congress of Postal workers (500 delegates)
300 delegates of Postal Workers
Postal Workers Union
Metal Workers Union - Berlin
USA
Union of Auto Workers (Branch 535)
Communication Workers Union (Branch 9400)
Union of Council Workers (Branch 2620)
Union of Carpenters (Branch 209)
Metal workers Union (Branch 108)
International Union of Workers in Services (Branch 660)
Federation of Los Angeles Workers' Councils
Transport Workers Union (Branch 502)
Union of American Steel Workers (Branch 338)
Congress of Industrial Organisations & American Federation
of Labor (LA)
Federation of Teachers of America (Branch 1021)
Union of Council Workers (Branch 800)
Union of Cinema and Theatre Workers (Branch 728)
Union of Auto Workers (Branch 1315)
Union of Auto Workers (Branch 94)
Union of workers in Food Industry (Branch 770)
Union of Los Angeles teachers
Union of American Steel Workers (2012)
Union of Communication Workers (Branch 9503)
Union of Textile Workers (Branch 2297)
Union of Pain Workers (Branch 95)
Federation of California Teachers (Branch 1021)
Union of Washing Workers (Branch 52)
Union of Communication Workers (Branch 9119)
Union of Auto Workers (Branch 777)
Union of Cinema and Theatre Workers (Branch 80)
Federation of Teachers of America (Branch 154)
Union of Engineering & Industrial Workers (Branch
537)
Union of Hotel and Restaurants (Branch 814)
Union of Carpentry Workers (Branch 1506)
Union of Dockworkers (branch 132)
Union of Cinema & Theatre Workers (Branch 683)
Union of Dockworkers (branch 246)
Union of Building Workers (Branch 1710)
Centre of International Studies
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