Hi Everyone,
4. Poetry by RUMI http://youtu.be/IZqAnIp5dMQ
We invite you to check out the following updates from our website, our Facebook page, and Mansour
Osanlou (see below). This last week has been very turbulent worldwide.
Our current Online Actions seek peace and respect for human rights. We
hope you will join us in this effort.
1. Website posts
2. Facebook posts
- Remembering Tessa Van Der Sande of Amnesty International Nederland who was one of 298 people who lost their lives aboard Flight #MH17 Malaysia Airlines. She was with her parents and brother on the way to Indonesia. Tessa was 26 years-old and a promising human rights expert. Her death is a tragic loss for the Amnesty movement. Our sympathies to her boyfriend, family, friends and our Amnesty Nederland colleagues.
- Meriam Ibrahim, who was originally sentenced to death in Sudan for 'Apostasy' has now landed in Rome. She was accompanied by her family, including her baby born in prison, after almost a month spent under the protection of the U.S. embassy in Khartoum.
3. From: Mansour Osanlou: Most Important Iran Workers News (July 16th, 2014)
- Workers of Alborz Steel Factory in Takestan city went on strike. These workers have been threatened to be sacked so many times. In addition, employers’ promises to increase wages haven’t been fulfilled at all.
- 200 temporary workers were dismissed at Sanandaj municipality in spite of the fact that all of them have a few years of work experience.
- Workers of Ghazvin Abgineh Factory demonstrated against 3 months withholding wages. These workers have protested so many times but always they have been responded by dismissal threat.
- On July 16, 2014, East Alborz Coal Mine workers stopped working and demonstrated in factory area against privatization policies for the third time in the current month.
- On July 16, 2014, a 15 years old worker died in Mashhad.
Thank you for your support and your efforts,
Debbie, webmistress
