Two cross border porters were recently killed in Iranian Kurdistan by security forces as they were taking goods across the border near the city of Baneh. There are tens of thousands of cross border porters in Iran who toil away in hazardous conditions, often with no employment contract or conditions, and daily face the dangers of being shot by security forces or criminal gangs. Activists who protested against these latest killings have now been subjected to repression themselves from security forces. In another important labour update, the imprisoned labour activist Reza Shahabi is now approaching six weeks on hunger strike. His health is fast deteriorating.
Two cross border porters were recently killed in Iranian Kurdistan by security forces as they were taking goods across the border near the city of Baneh. There are tens of thousands of cross border porters in Iran who toil away in hazardous conditions, often with no employment contract or conditions, and daily face the dangers of being shot by security forces or criminal gangs. Activists who protested against these latest killings have now been subjected to repression themselves from security forces. In another important labour update, the imprisoned labour activist Reza Shahabi is now approaching six weeks on hunger strike. His health is fast deteriorating.
