Labour Activist Who Had Complained Of Torture in Prison Was Re-arrested
Published by Ali on January 22, 2019
Iranian labour protest leader, Esmail Bakhshi was arrested for the second time, state media reported on Monday, 21 January 2019.
Mansour Mohammadi, the prosecutor general of Dezful, in Khuzestan province, told the judiciary’s news website Mizan Online: “Bakhshi was arrested last night in cooperation with security and law enforcement forces”.
Bakhsi who is a labour leader at Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane complex workers in Shush, in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, southwest Iran, was arrested on 20 November, 2018, during demonstrations by workers demanding unpaid wages.
