Urgent Action: Labour rights activists at risk of further torture

Iranian labour rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Gholian, who were rearrested on 20 January after speaking out about beatings and other abuse they suffered in detention in late 2018, are at grave risk of further torture. The authorities must release them immediately and unconditionally as they are prisoners of conscience jailed solely on the basis of their peaceful activism in defence of workers’ rights.

Take action.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 MAY 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Persian to:

President 

Mr Hassan Rouhani

c/o Permanent Mission of Iran to the UN

Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28

1209 Geneva

Fax: +41 22 733 02 03 

Email: iranunog@mfa.gov.ir 

Salutation: Dear Mr. President 

And copies to: 

Head of the Judiciary 

Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani 

c/o Public Relations Office 

Number 4, Deadend of 1 Azizi 

Above Pasteur Intersection 

Vali Asr Street, Tehran, Iran 

Salutation: Your Excellency 

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

IS EXCELLENCY Hamid Baeidinejad, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 16 Princes Gate London SW7 1PT, Tel: 020 7225 4208-9 Fax: 020 7589 4440 Email: iranconsulate.lon@mfa.gov.ir www.london.mfa.ir 

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.