- Target:
- AFL-CIO, ILO, UN, UNHCHR, US State Department, EU, Navi Pillay, Ban Ki-Moon, European Parliament
- Region:
- GLOBAL
- Website:
- www.chrr.biz
On January 18, 2012 security forces arrested Iranian labor activist Mohammad Jarrahi in his home in Tabriz.
He was sentenced to five years in Tabriz prison based solely on politically-motivated charges brought against him as a result of his peaceful political and labor activism.
There are growing fears for the life of imprisoned labour activist Mohammad Jarahi, who is now known to be suffering from thyroid cancer. Jarahi, who is a member of the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers’ Organisations, was arrested last year and sentenced to five years in prison. He is now in the second year of his sentence.
Jarahi underwent surgery on 16th February this year. However, the results of the tests following the operation show that he has thyroid cancer. According to his doctors, Jarahi should begin his treatment as soon as possible. Despite the efforts of his family for him to be referred for immediate medical treatment outside prison, Jarahi continues to be jailed.
On April 20, 2013 the Committee for Human Rights Reporters reported that Islamic Republic judicial authorities in Tabriz and the judge in charge of his court files have rejected medical furlough for Mohammad Jarahi.
According to CHRR, Mohammad Jarahi who is serving a 5-year prison term is suffering from thyroid cancer has been denied medical furlough despite the fact that for the safety of others, cancer patients who receive radiation therapy are quarantined for a week. The laws of the country stipulate that authorities are required to grant medical furlough to prisoners who are in need of treatment for their illness outside of prison.
WHEREAS: Mohammad Jarrahi is clearly a prisoner of conscience whose continued imprisonment for peaceful political and labor activism is a direct violation of Iran's legally-binding obligations under both international human rights covenants as well as Article 24 of the Iranian constitution;
AND WHEREAS: The medical situation of Mohammad Jarrahi, who suffers from thyroid cancer, requires urgent treatment which is being denied to him by his jailers;
THEREFORE: We the undersigned demand that the international community act immediately to bring all possible pressure to bear upon the Islamic Republic regime in Iran to IMMEDIATELY and UNCONDTIONALLY release Mohammad Jarrahi and to secure for him all necessary medical treatment.
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The Free Iranian Labor Activist Mohammad Jarrahi petition to AFL-CIO, ILO, UN, UNHCHR, US State Department, EU, Navi Pillay, Ban Ki-Moon, European Parliament was written by John S. Burke and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.