Solidarity Letter of the LALIT to UUI after
the arrest of Qasim Hadi and Adil Salih on

November 23.2003

Dear friends and comrades in the Unemployed Union of Iraq

We write to you from Mauritius, to express our solidarity in the face of the repression that your organization is suffering as a direct result of your brave contribution to the self-organization of the unemployed, in these most difficult of times.

Our organization LALIT, which supports trade union and unemployed workers' struggles, also strongly condemns the imprisonment by the US Forces of your Secretary, Qasim Hadi, and members of the Worker-communist party in Iraq.

This repression, coming in the wake of your peaceful demonstrations for a minimum income to support the families of the unemployed, is an attack on the freedom of political activitiy. The occupying forces, having, themselves contributed to the destruction of employment in the course of their barbaric war, have a special moral responsibility to foster free political expression of the workers and unemployed in the country. Instead, they impose military rule. We condemn them for this.

We call for the unconditional release of all those arrested.

Yours, in solidarity,
Name: Lindsey Collen
Adress: 153 Main Road, Grand River North West, Port Louis, Mauritius
Organisation: LALIT
Email: lalitmail@intnet.mu

Contact :
UUI, CP 325
CH-3000 Bern 11,
Tel :0041 78 882 55 89
Email::asojabbar@yahoo.com