Free Iranian Labor Activist and Children's Rights Defender Behnam Ebrahimzadeh

This petition was published by John S. Burke on Jun 14, 2012

WHEREAS: Behnam Ebrahimzadeh is clearly a prisoner of conscience who has been imprisoned--and mistreated--solely for his peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association;

AND WHEREAS: Article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a signatory state, specifies that “everyone shall have the right to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests;

THEREFORE: We the undersigned demand that the international community speak with one voice to declare the sentencing and imprisonment of Behnam Ebrahimzadeh illegal.

CONSEQUENTLY, we further demand that the international community bring all possible pressure to bear upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to IMMEDIATELY and UNCONDTIONALLY release Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, all other imprisoned labor activists, and indeed all prisoners of conscience in Iran.

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