Friday, October 19, 2007


IRAN: Urgent Medical Treatment Needed for Jailed Trade Union Leader

Mansour Osanloo, the jailed leader of the bus workers' union in Tehran, faces the possible loss of his eyesight unless he receives urgent medical attention -- which the Iranian authorities are denying him. Amnesty International has just now launched an online campaign calling on the Iranian government to allow Osanloo to receive medical attention.