Trade Union Activist Reza Shahabi on Hunger Strike for over 20 Days

Trade Union Activist Reza Shahabi on Hunger Strike for over 20 Days

Trade Union Activist Reza Shahabi is detained for over  50 days in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. Since June 13, 2022, Shahabi has been on hunger strike to protest his prolonged detention.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, despite Shahabi’s poor health, he is on hunger strike. 

An informed source close to Shahabi’s family told HRANA that he is on hunger strike and is suffering, yet his family is not granted a visitation. 

On Thursday, May 12, 2022, security forces arrested Shahabi at his house in Tehran.

Shahabi is a board member of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company.

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