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NCRI – A so-called court in Iran sentenced five protesting mine workers to one year in prison and lashes for \u2018disturbing public order\u2019 during last year\u2019s massive protests against layoffs.<\/p>\n
Over the past two years over a thousand workers at Chadormalu iron ore mine, located in the central province of Yazd, held a series of gatherings and sit-ins protesting against layoffs and low wages.<\/p>\n
Dozens of workers were either arrested or summoned to courts at the request of the employers. A group of 38 workers were arrested in February 2014 but released a few days later. Another group of 31 workers were summoned to a court last year. The recent court ruling was issued following members of this group of which five were sentenced to flogging and imprisonment for \u2018disturbing pubic order\u2019.<\/p>\n
The employers at the mine company introduced the five workers as leaders of the protests and had demanded that they be dealt with harshly.<\/p>\n
Another court in Iran sentenced four petrochemical workers last year to fifty lashes and six months in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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