[This article has been updated to include more signatures that have come through]
Toomaj Salehi is a 33-year-old rapper and metalworker in Iran. On April 24th 2024, he was sentenced to death on the charge of “Corruption on Earth”. Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign launched a campaign to gather signatures of trade unionists and other public figures of the Left and the movements with the aim to stop his execution. The campaign is still ongoing- please add your signatures and read more about the case here.
Today we indicatively publish 63 signatures from 13 countries which include MPs from Ireland, councilors from Greece and Sweden, representatives of left-wing organisations from different countries, academics and trade unionists from all over the world.
We will keep up the pressure until all political prisoners in Iran are freed!
Belgium
Wouter Gysen – Member of the Executive Committee of the Socialist Railway Union ACOD Spoor Antwerpen
Tina De Greef – Trade Union (ACV Plus)
Laurent Grandgaignage – BBTK-ABVV Antwerpen
Eddy Decreton – Acod onderwijs (Teachers’ Union)
Filip De Bodt – LEEF! Herzele
Walter Leonard – Teacher, CWI
Czech Republic
Petr Jindra – OSPEA Union
Cyprus
Marina Pagiatsou – Member of PASYDY – Pancyprian Public Servants’ Trade Union
Nick Brown – Founding Member of United for Palestine Cyprus
Christine Savvidou – Member of PEO – Cyprus Workers Federation
Athina Kariati – New Internationalist Left – NEDA
Murat Kanatli – Secretary of YKP – New Cyprus Party
Umut Ersoy – Secretary of Bağımsızlık Yolu – Path of İndependence – δρόμος της ανεξαρτησίας
Vasiliki Kolliopoulou – Doctor
Germany
Silvia Habekost – Nurse, trade unionist
Greece
Valia Tsirigoti – Sociologist
Spyros Skamnelos – Ministry of Culture Employee’s Union (Member of the National Council)
Zisis Sourlas – Student union member
Marianthi Kipridou – Member of the General Council at the Panhellenic Federation of Workers at the Ministry of Culture
Stella Chondromatidou – Board member of the Hospital Doctors Union of Thessaloniki
Adamandia Kerameida – Councilor in the City of Sykies, Thessaloniki, with the “A different city” local coalition
Dionysis Christopoulos – Workers Union of Musicians of the Athens Municipality Philharmonic Orchestra
Kypraiou Maria – Councilor in the city of Sykies, Thessaloniki, with the “A different city” local coalition
Stamati Magaliou – Member of the Board of Directors of the Teachers’ Association “ARISTOTELIS”
Yiannis Glarnetatzis – Chairman of the Thessaloniki’s Bookstores Employees Trade Union
George Giannopoulos – Editor
Giorgos Prentzas – Elected trade unionist at the Ministry of Culture
Tasos Lazaridis – Elected representative in the Medical Visitors Union
Eleni Mitsou – General Secretary of Xekinima (Internationalist Socialist Organisation)
Kostas Pashalidis- President of the Association of Greek Archaeologists at the Ministry of Culture
Ireland
Paul Murphy TD, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Gino Kenny TD, Gerry Carroll MLA – People Before Profit
Jimmy Kelly – Connect Trade Union
Ciaran Crossey – University staff
Ciaran Mulholland – former leader of Socialist Party Northern Ireland
Italy
Luca Scacchi – University Researcher, General Assembly CGIL [The roots of the Union platform]
Eliana Como – General Assembly CGIL [National Spokeswoman of “The roots of union” platform]
Marco Veruggio – Journalist, PuntoCritico.info
Giorgio Cremaschi – NEC Potere al Popolo
Giordano Sepi – Blogger
Maurizio Acerbo – general secretary Rifondazione Comunista
Nigeria
Dimeji Macaulay – Trade Union organiser
Salako Kayode opeyemi – Unionist Admin official
Yusha’u Sani Yankuzo, Esq. – Legal Practitioner
Akinkunmi Olawoyin – EC Member, CWA (IMT in Nigeria)
Idaevbor Bello – Teaching Trade Union
Ade-Adewunmi Adeoye – Human rights activist
Romania
Amalia Epure – Socialist Action Group
George Zamfir – Căși Sociale ACUM / Social Housing NOW
Eniko Vincze – University professor
Sweden
Patrik Brännberg – City councillor city of Umeå (Workers Party Group)
Taiwan
Fang Chang – Secretary General International Socialist Forward
JJ Lin – Chairman of a student party Awakening Student
Turkey
Ecehan Balta – Revolutionary Workers Trade Unions Confederation Member
Deniz Can Aydın – Representative of Socialist Democracy Collective Association
Çiğdem Özbaş – Climate Justice Coalition Activist
UK
Nigel Smith – Joint Secretary Calderdale Trades Union Congress
Pete Keal – Storyteller
Vladimir Bortun – Political Scientist
Roger Silverman – Workers International Network
USA
Stephan Kimmerle – Member of SEA (Seattle Education Association), DSA
Nicholas Shillingford – Host at Socialist News and Views
Nick Wozniak – Member or SEIU 73
Marianne Anderson – Chicago Teachers Union
Michael Corsillo – Science teacher MORE UFT
Connor Brennan – Starbucks Workers United, International Socialist Alternative
Philip Locker – Member of DSA & Seattle Education Association
Reform and Revolution – Caucus within the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Dan K. – Union worker, public sector
Sarah Milner – Reform and Revolution caucus of Democratic Socialists of America, Rank and File member, National Association of Letter Carriers
