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Human Rights Watch Protests

Human Rights Watch wrote in a recent report, “The election period is one of those rare times in Iran when many candidates seem to champion greater respect for human rights. But are any of the candidates willing to acknowledge the suffering of these prisoners and press for their rights, and, better still, their freedom?”
HRW added, “Ismail Abdi, the secretary general of the Teachers’ Association, is serving a six-year prison sentence in part for organizing a teachers’ demonstration in front of the parliament. He began a hunger strike on April 30 to protest authorities’ pressure on independent unions and the corrupt justice system.”

Human Rights Watch Protests

Human Rights Watch wrote in a recent report, “The election period is one of those rare times in Iran when many candidates seem to champion greater respect for human rights. But are any of the candidates willing to acknowledge the suffering of these prisoners and press for their rights, and, better still, their freedom?”
HRW added, “Ismail Abdi, the secretary general of the Teachers’ Association, is serving a six-year prison sentence in part for organizing a teachers’ demonstration in front of the parliament. He began a hunger strike on April 30 to protest authorities’ pressure on independent unions and the corrupt justice system.”

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Human Rights Watch Protests

Human Rights Watch wrote in a recent report, “The election period is one of those rare times in Iran when many candidates seem to champion greater respect for human rights. But are any of the candidates willing to acknowledge the suffering of these prisoners and press for their rights, and, better still, their freedom?”

HRW added, “Ismail Abdi, the secretary general of the Teachers’ Association, is serving a six-year prison sentence in part for organizing a teachers’ demonstration in front of the parliament. He began a hunger strike on April 30 to protest authorities’ pressure on independent unions and the corrupt justice system.”

- See more at: http://iranprobe.com/explore/news/1809.html#sthash.NVJc5ooW.dpuf

Human Rights Watch Protests

Human Rights Watch wrote in a recent report, “The election period is one of those rare times in Iran when many candidates seem to champion greater respect for human rights. But are any of the candidates willing to acknowledge the suffering of these prisoners and press for their rights, and, better still, their freedom?”
HRW added, “Ismail Abdi, the secretary general of the Teachers’ Association, is serving a six-year prison sentence in part for organizing a teachers’ demonstration in front of the parliament. He began a hunger strike on April 30 to protest authorities’ pressure on independent unions and the corrupt justice system.”
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Esmaeel Abdi, an imprisoned teacher and senior member of the Tehran Teachers Guild, who has been on hunger strike since 16 days ago, is reportedly suffering very low blood pressure and dizziness. He was transferred to the Evin prison clinic for severe pain in his kidneys on Friday, day 13 of his hunger strike.
This member of the Tehran Province Teachers Guild Board of Directors has been on hunger strike since Sunday, April 30^th, protesting “the judiciary’s lack of independence in issuing security rulings for teacher and labor union activists”.
On the fourth day of Abdi’s hunger strike, Amir Salar Davoudi, his lawyer, held the head of the judiciary, supreme court chief judge, state public prosecutor, Tehran’s public prosecutor, head of the country’s prisons, Minister of Intelligence and all security apparatuses responsible for his client’s conditions.

Abdi’s arrest & hunger strike

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Esmaeel Abdi, an imprisoned teacher and senior member of the Tehran Teachers Guild, who has been on hunger strike since 16 days ago, is reportedly suffering very low blood pressure and dizziness. He was transferred to the Evin prison clinic for severe pain in his kidneys on Friday, day 13 of his hunger strike.
This member of the Tehran Province Teachers Guild Board of Directors has been on hunger strike since Sunday, April 30^th, protesting “the judiciary’s lack of independence in issuing security rulings for teacher and labor union activists”.
On the fourth day of Abdi’s hunger strike, Amir Salar Davoudi, his lawyer, held the head of the judiciary, supreme court chief judge, state public prosecutor, Tehran’s public prosecutor, head of the country’s prisons, Minister of Intelligence and all security apparatuses responsible for his client’s conditions.

Abdi’s arrest & hunger strike

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