URGENT: Support Cdn Union Member in Iranian Jail
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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Here's a no-brainer if ever there was one. So I'll make it short and you can get back to winding-up your week and gearing up (or down) for the weekend.
Homa Hoodfar is a member of CUFA, the union representing profs at Concordia University in Montreal. In Iran for a work-related trip she was detained in March and released on bail. Her passport was seized.
On 6 June she was arrested and has been in Teheran's notorious Evin prison ever since. She has been denied medical care for a neurological condition. She has been denied contact with her family and her lawyer.
No reason has been given for her detention though she is known to have been researching the role of women in Iranian public life in the early 20th century. Not likely a popular topic with the Iranian regime.
Homa's union is appealing for support. Join the Amnesty International Canada online campaign demanding her release HERE.
For more info see some of the CBC coverage of her arrest HERE.
Thank you!
In Solidarity,
Derek Blackadder
LabourStart Canada
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