HEPCO workers in Iran acquitted by court of appeal

On 14^th February 2019, HEPCO workers in Arak, Iran, were acquitted by the court of appeal.

The HEPCO workers had protested in June 2018 over non-payment of their wages and unclarity of their employment. The authorities arrested many of the workers and 15 of them were sentenced to a one-year suspended prison sentence and 74 lashes for 5 years for “disrupting public order and attending illegal gatherings and protests”.

The arrests and prison and flogging sentences have been widely condemned.

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