On 9 August 2007, Amnesty International joined the International Trade Union Confederation and the International Transport Workers’ Federation in support of the International Day of Action for prisoners of conscience Mansour Ossanlu and Mahmoud Salehi. Mansour Ossanlu and Mahmoud Salehi have both been detained on vaguely worded charges in order to halt their efforts to build strong trade unions capable of defending the human rights of workers against the discriminatory laws and practices that curtail workers’ rights in Iran.
