Support Iranian students

[echap at eng.gla.ac.uk]

We call for the immediate release of  student activists in Iran

The scenes on the nightly TV news of Iran's National Broadcasting authority 
are reminiscent of the worst periods of terror and repression in Iran. Student 
leaders and activists , including  Manouchehr Mohammadi and Gholamreza  
Mohajerinejad have been forced to appear in front of television cameras 
looking clearly tortured and drugged , reciting  pre-prepared confessions , in 
which they claim they worked for un named  "foreign powers" . 

Although these forced confessions have not fooled anyone in Iran (even the 
official pro-Khatami student organisations are attacking the authorities for 
this macabre display of tyranny ) those still held by the authorities are 
tortured  every day and their lives are in danger  .

According to our information over 1400 students and activists were arrested 
last week . Some have been released , especially following the large scale 
demonstrations of last weekend and pressure from outside .
Some of those arrested were amongst students who were injured in demonstration 
last week , following attacks by hezbollahis. 
They were dragged  out of hospitals and taken to prison in  Tabriz and Isfahan. 

We  seek urgent clarification from the authorities of the whereabouts and well-
being of arrested students. 

We call on Human Rights Organisations, Amnesty International, the 
Human Rights Commission of the United Nations to demand the 
unconditional, immediate release of these prisoners.

We call on members, supporters of Workers Left Unity to continue organising 
demonstrations, sit-ins , protests to call for the release of student protesters
.

Co-ordinating Committee of Workers Left Unity -Iran
24/7/1999

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