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China Urged To Free Yao Fuxin as Olympics Near

    Labor Rights Now urged China to free Yao Fuxin, who has been jailed since
2002, or risk worldwide criticism of its violations of worker rights in the
run-up to this summer's Olympic games in Beijing.

    "China deserves a gold medal for labor repression," said Labor Rights Now
President Don Stillman. "China's leaders have reneged on their promise to the
world that they would improve their abysmal human rights record in order to win
the right to host the Olympics."     Full article

LRN Demands Release of Burmese Unionists

    Burma's military regime—months after the brutal crackdown against monks and
workers seeking democracy—continues to imprison Myo Aung Thant, a prominent
Burmese union leader.

    "We strongly urge Burma to free Myo Aung Thant, who has been tortured and
held in a tiny cell with no bed," Labor Rights Now President Don Stillman said.
Arrested in June 1997, Myo Aung Thant got a 20-year prison sentence because of
his union activity for the Federation of Trade Unions-Burma (FTUB).     Full
article

Two Unionists Released in Iran; Salehi Still Jailed




    Labor Rights Now welcomed the release of two trade union leaders in Iran,
but called upon the government there to release Mahmoud Salehi, the former
president of the Saqez Bakers' Union, who remains jailed in Sanandaj under
extremely harsh conditions.

    Ebrahim Madadi, vice president of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and
Suburbs Bus Company, and Reza Dehghan, a leader of the Union of Painters, were
released on December 16, 2007. Madadi had been arrested August 9 and Dehghan on
November 18.     Full article

Three More Union Activists Murdered in Colombia

    Labor Rights Now condemned the latest murders of labor leaders in Colombia
and demanded that the Uribe government there move more vigorously to investigate
and prosecute those responsible for killing unionists there.

    "What possible reason could there be for the U.S. Congress to approve the
pending free trade deal with Colombia when worker activists continue to be
gunned down with impunity?" Labor Rights Now President Don Stillman asked.    
Full article

Ethiopia Jails, Tortures Teachers' Union Leaders



    Labor Rights Now called again for the release of Meqcha Mengistu, a leader
of the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA) in Ethiopia.

    "We strongly urge the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia to immediately and unconditionally release Meqcha Mengistu, who was
jailed in May 2007 as part of an effort to intimidate and harass the ETA
teachers' union," said Don Stillman, president of Labor Rights Now.     Full
article

Chilean Workers Arrested In Protest Over Economy

    Protesting the growing economic inequality in Chile, thousands of workers
demonstrated in late August and were met with a harsh crackdown by the
government of Michelle Bachelet.

    "We are appalled at the Chilean authorities who met a peaceful protest with
a serious and violent response," Labor Rights Now President Don Stillman said on
August 30. "The Bachelet government must release immediately and unconditionally
the 260 demonstrators who have been arrested."     Full article

LRN Urges Zimbabwe To Dismiss Charges Against Editor of Labor Federation
Magazine




    Labor Rights Now urged authorities in Zimbabwe to dismiss all charges
against the editor of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) magazine.
Bright Chibvuri, who edits "The Worker," has been charged with practicing
journalism without a license.

    His trial opened in Plumtree, Zimbabwe but was adjourned immediately after
Trial Magistrate Mark Dzira said he did not feel well. Many magistrates in
Zimbabwe have been on strike over poor salaries and working conditions.     Full
article

Mexico Blasted for Miners' Union Takeover



    Labor Rights Now endorsed a campaign by the International Metalworkers
Federation (IMF) seeking an end to the Mexican government's interference in
union affairs.

    The Mexican government in 2006 removed the democratically elected leader of
the miners' union after he criticized that government following a mine disaster
in Pasta de Conchos that killed 65 miners.

    Mexico ousted Napoleon Gomez Urrutia as general secretary of the National
Miners' and Metalworkers' union (SNTMMSRM) and installed someone who was not a
member of the union. The government also seized all assets of the union.    
Full article

LRN Backs Korean Workers ILO Complaint



    Labor Rights Now strongly backed a complaint to the International Labor
Organization detailing worker rights violations in South Korea. The Korean
government has criminalized unions by accusing irregular workers seeking labor
representation of "obstruction of business." This has led to the jailing of
union leaders.

    The Korean Metalworkers' Federation filed the ILO complaint along with the
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the International Metalworkers
Federation (IMF). The Korean government's failure to protect and enforce worker
rights is documented in the charge, including rights' violations occurring at
Hyundai Motors plants in Ulsan, Asan, and Jeonju, as well as at Hynix/Magnachip,
Kiryung Electronics, and KM&I.

    "Korean workers years ago did battle with the military government over
worker rights abuses and, sadly, subsequent governments don't seem to understand
that the repression of workers and unions has no place in a democracy," said
Labor Rights Now President Don Stillman.     Full article

LRN Helps Free Mexican Labor Rights Activist

    Martin Barrios Hernandez, one of Mexico's leading labor rights activists,
won release in January 2006 after a brief but intense campaign by Labor Rights
Now and human rights groups. Barrios had been held in state prison after a
maquiladora factory owner involved in a workplace dispute claimed blackmail.

    Barrios is president of the Mexican Human and Labor Rights Commission in
Puebla's Tehacan Valley. He had assisted workers in a dispute at the factory of
the owner who made the charges.     Full article

Indonesia Urged To Free Jailed Union Leaders

    Labor Rights Now urged the Indonesia government to release six leaders of
the Kahutindo PT Musim Mas union who have been imprisoned since September 2005.

    Musim Mas operates the world's largest palm oil refinery. Workers formed a
union in October 2004 at the firm's operation in Pelalawan and attempted to
negotiate modest conditions for the palm oil workers. Management reportedly
refused to bargain with them over even the minimum standards guaranteed by
national legislation.     Full article

South African Unionists Arrested at Swazi Border

    About 45 trade unionists, including the deputy-president of South Africa's
largest labor federation, were arrested at the border with Swaziland where
protesters called for greater democracy there.

    Labor Rights Now, in a letter to South African President Thabo Mbeki,
deplored the arrests as well as the police brutality employed in breaking up the
protests.     Full article

LRN Urges Cambodia To Drop Rong Chhun Charges



    Labor Rights Now called on the government of the Kingdom of Cambodia to drop
all charges against Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodia Independent Teachers'
Association.

    Rong Chhun was freed on bail January 20, 2006 after his arrest on October
15, 2005 in Banteay Meancheay Province at the Poi Pet checkpoint.     Full
article

Bangladesh Jails Leaders of Tea Workers' Union

    Labor Rights Now strongly protested the jailing of top leaders of the
largest union in Bangladesh. Police arrested Rajendra Prashad Boonerjee,
president of the Bangladesh Cha Sramik Union (BCSU) on March 24, 2006.

    In a letter to Shamsher M. Chowdhury, the Bangladesh ambassador to the U.S.,
Labor Rights Now President Don Stillman urged his immediate release along with
that of Narendra Boonerjee and Bupesh Sind, also officials of he BCSU.     Full
article

Labor Rights Now Blasts Iran Labor Repression

    Labor Rights Now blasted the Iranian government for sentencing worker
activists to long prison terms for exercising fundamental trade union rights.

    "American workers are outraged at the sentencing of Mahmoud Sehi to five
years in prison and three years of exile in the city of Ghorvey," LRN President
Don Stillman said in a letter to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic
Republic of Iran.     Full article

China Police Kill Two Women in Steel Protests



    Labor Rights Now expressed deep concern about reports riot police in China
killed two women protestors during a crackdown over demonstrations involving
layoffs without compensation at the Chongqing Steel Plant.

    Three worker leaders were arrested and another 24 activists were injuring,
according to Radio Free Asia.     Full article


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