Mr. Alireza Asgari and Mr. Jalil Mohammadi have been put on trial for ‘acting against national security through formation of an illegal group’. Their crime was to attempt to organise a trade union. They were arrested with sixty others in the city of Karaj on the 15 June of this year while they were attending a workers meeting. They have both been severely beaten while in jail. There is an international solidarity campaign calling for their immediate release.
Mr. Alireza Asgari and Mr. Jalil Mohammadi have been put on trial for ‘acting against national security through formation of an illegal group’. Their crime was to attempt to organise a trade union. They were arrested with sixty others in the city of Karaj on the 15 June of this year while they were attending a workers meeting. They have both been severely beaten while in jail. There is an international solidarity campaign calling for their immediate release.
