Tortured labor activist challenges Iran’s Intelligence Minister to televised debate
Labor activist Esmail Bakhshi challenged Iran’s Minister of Intelligence to a live televised debate over the use of physical and psychological torture in prison. Related Posts Fourth public flogging sentence carried out in one month in southeast Iran JANUARY 7, 2019 Jailed Iranian workers denied lawyers as families protest arrests JANUARY 6, 2019 Iran arbitrarily killed and wounded 300 in 2018 – report JANUARY 4, 2019 The outspoken Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory labor representative was detained on November 18 on the 14th day of the sugarcane workers’ strike and was released on bail on December 12. Esmail Bakhshi is known for his passionate speeches during the workers’ weeks long strike action. He addressed Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Mahmoud Alavi, in his Instagram post which included a picture of himself, demanding to know why he was tortured “to the verge of death”. ...