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Secretary-General Of Iran's Teachers' Trade Association Sent To Jail.
Mohammad Taghi Fallahi
Mohammad Taghi Fallahi, the secretary-general of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association in Tehran, has been taken to Evin Prison to serve a six-month prison sentence.
Taghi Fallahi was arrested in February 2020 and held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for his participation in a peaceful teachers’ protest. He was later released on bail.
Last year, a court in Tehran sentenced him to two years in prison after convicting him of "conspiracy and collusion through membership in an illegal organization.”
The sentence, which Fallahi began serving on January 19, was reduced to six months by an appeals court.
Teachers in Iran have held a number of protests in recent years, demanding higher wages, better working conditions, and the release of their jailed colleagues.
Authorities have used force against some of the rallies, detaining protesting teachers.
Last week, teachers protested in more than 50 cities demanding higher wages and calling on the government to move quicker on a planned grading system for teachers based on experience and performance.
The New York-based Center for Human Rights In Iran said last month that authorities have sent to jail dozens of teachers' rights activists “on manufactured charges that reflect the criminalization in Iran of dissent, peaceful protests and assembly, and independent labor activism.”
Memorial Concert For Navalny Scheduled To Take Place June 4 In Berlin.
Associates of Aleksei Navalny, who died in February in a Russian penal colony, say a concert has been scheduled in his memory in Berlin on June 4, which would have been the opposition politician’s 48th birthday.
Orban Challenger Leads Protest Calling For Reforms Of Child Protections In Hungary.
Peter Magyar, an aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, renewed his calls for change on April 26 as he led a protest of several thousand people demanding a more robust child protection system and the resignation of Orban's g...
Hacker Group Claims It Penetrated Belarusian KGB Network.
A group known as Cyberpartisans claims it has infiltrated the network of Belarus’s main security agency and accessed the personnel files of thousands of employees.
Aliyev Rejects Criticism Over Arrest Of Journalists In Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on April 26 rejected criticism over the arrests of journalists and said the fact that people had access to the Internet meant press freedom was assured.
Briton Charged Over Alleged Russian-Linked Arson Attack.
A British man has been charged over alleged hostile state activity intended to benefit Russia, including by allegedly recruiting others for an arson attack on a Ukrainian-linked commercial property in London.
Pro-Palestinian protests erupt at University of Southern California.
Pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California were forced to clear their tents by campus police Wednesday. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Luzdelia Caballero is following the protests. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored stre...
Gaza war protests: Is this a rising student movement to be reckoned with? - DW News.
Protests against the war in Gaza have spread to universities across the United States. Several colleges have closed campuses, and hundreds of students have been arrested. In New York, Columbia University has extended a deadline by 48 hours for stu...
Speaker Mike Johnson addresses Columbia University amid booing anti-Israel protesters.
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks on the campus of Columbia University Wednesday as anti-Israel protesters try to shout him down. #foxnews Subscribe to Fox News! Watch more Fox News Video: Watch Fox News Channel Live: FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 2...
What ‘telltale signs’ will indicate Israel’s military operation in Rafah?.
NBC News International Correspondent Raf Sanchez joins Meet the Press NOW to report on Israel’s latest military operations and what signs to look for that indicate an incoming Rafah military offensive. » Subscribe to NBC News: NBC News Digital is ...
Johnson calls for Columbia University president to ‘bring order to this chaos’.
Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the ongoing protests at Columbia University, where he called for the college’s president Nemat “Minouche” Shafik to resign. The speaker was met with several “boos” from protesters throughout his remarks » Subscribe t...
Press Preview: Wednesday's front pages
We take a look at the front pages with associate editor of the Daily Mirror Kevin Maguire, and Claire Ellicott, the Whitehall editor at the Daily Mail. Read more: #presspreview #dailymirror #sundaytelegraph SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for mor...