Iran sentences labor leader to another year of prison

Mansour Osalu who was trialed while his lawyer was absent was sentenced to another year of prison which will be carried out after the end of his current prison term.
According to reports, Mansour Osalu, the head of the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was tried by the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
He was denied a lawyer in the trial and his lawyers were not informed that their client was even taken to court.
Osalu is suffering from serious illnesses such as heart problems, back pain and eye problems and a legal doctor has state three times that he cannot tolerate incarceration and according to the law, he must be released.

محکوميت منصور اسانلو به يک سال حبس ديگر

منصور اسانلو که هفته گذشته در غياب وکيل با اتهامي تازه محاکمه شد مجددا به يک سال حبس محکوم شد که اجراي آن از پايان محکوميت فعليش آغاز مي شود.
بنا به گزاش هاي رسيده به جرس، منصور اسانلو رئيس هيات مديره سنديکاي شرکت اتوبوسراني تهران و حومه هفته گذشته در شعبه يک دادگاه انقلاب کرج مورد محاکمه قرار گرفت.
اسانلو در هنگام محاکمه، از داشتن وکيل محروم بود و وکلاي او از انتقال موکل‌شان به دادگاه انقلاب بي اطلاع بودند.
رئيس سنديکاري اتوبوسراني تهران و حومه، در زندان دچار ناراحتي‌هاي حاد مختلفي مانند ناراحتي قلبي، کمر درد و ناراحتي چشم شده است و تا به حال سه بار پزشک قانوني راي به عدم تحمل حبس او را داده که طبق قوانين موجود او بايد آزاد مي شد. (جرس – 20/5/89)