Campaign to free labour
activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh
Call by nine political
prisoners in Iran
Nine political prisoners in Iran have in a statement
called for pressure to be put on the Islamic regime in Iran to release
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh so he can be with his son Nima who is severely ill
with cancer. The regime has put Behnam Ebrahimzadeh in prison for over
two years for supporting workers and children. Nima is only 14 years
old, and his dad has been in prison since he was 11. Nima is lying in
hospital; however, the criminal regime is not letting his dad to be by
his side. In the mean time, Ebrahimzadeh’s family are in difficult
circumstances trying to meet the cost of Nima’s medicine and treatment.
By not allowing Behnam to visit his son, the Islamic regime is torturing
not only Behnam, who is a political prisoner, but also 14-year old Nima,
who has endured the pain of not seeing his dad for the past three years.
Keeping Behnam in jail is a monstrous crime. We must
put pressure on the Islamic Republic regime through a worldwide campaign
to immediately release Behnam. Behnam’s only crime is to have defended
the rights of children and workers. We support the solemn call by the
political prisoners in Iran, and in turn call on everyone, on political
parties, trade unions, social media activists, the media, youth,
children’s rights defenders and all human rights organisations in Iran
and around the world to support this call and put pressure on this
inhuman regime to free Behnam Ebrahimzadeh.
The upcoming actions of the Campaign will soon be
announced.
Children First Now!
Karim Shahmohammadi
0046-708526716
childrenfirstnow@hotmail.com
barnenforst@hotmail.com
Free Them Now!
Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran
Shahla Daneshfar
0044-7779898968
FreeThemNow2@gmail.com
http://free-them-now.blogspot.com
Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran
Shiva Mahbobi
0044-7572356661
freepoliticalprisoners2@gmail.com
www.iranpoliticalprisoners.com
10 January 2013
Letter
by nine political prisoners from Rajaee Shahr Prison, Iran:
It
is Behnam’s certain right to be given leave to visit his loved one who
is ill
We a group of political prisoners in Rajaee Shahr
Prison have been informed that Nima, the 14-year old and only son of
labour activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, who is serving a five-year
sentence, is ill in hospital, suffering from cancer. Nima’s doctors have
said that emotionally Nima desperately needs his father to be at his
side for the treatment to be effective. However, the Prison officials,
with the complicity of the Ministry of Intelligence, are refusing to
give Behnam leave so he can visit his beloved son, while according to
existing laws this is Behnam’s absolute right, especially as his loved
one is in such grave circumstances.
While condemning this inhuman action of the Islamic
Republic regime, we call on all international organisations and all
those who care for freedom to step up their pressure on the regime in
every way they can so it grants leave for Behnam. Behnam’s only crime is
to have fought for the rights of the working class, the right to
organise, the right to strike, and to have defended homeless working
children. Behnam is a dad in prison, who has not embraced his only son
in years, and now his son is dangerously ill and under chemotherapy.
Signatories:
Vahid Ardalani, Reza Dehghani, Afshin Enayatian,
Afshin Osanloo, Shahrokh Zamani, Ali Jabbari, Firooz Mansoori, Misagh
Yazdan-nezhad, Saleh Kohandel
9 January 2013
