On February 13, 2010 Mr. Han Sang Kyun the Chairman of the Ssangyong Motor Company Union was sentenced to four years in prison. AAWL is campaigning for his release. Download the updated leaflet here and send your solidarity letter before Han’s final appeal hearing on 9 August 2010. Click here to send your solidarity message to the Korean Metal Workers’ Union. (You may need to click on ‘Read more‘ at the bottom of this item and then cut and paste the text of the letter.)
We strongly protest comrade Han’s continued detention, and we demand that he be freed immediately. We echo the Korean Metal Workers’ Union call on the Court of Appeals to find Hang Sang Kyun and his 21 other comrades not guilty, and rule in favour of their immediate release.
Mr Han led a 77 day strike at the Ssangyong vehicle manufacturing plant in protest against mass sackings. The company and South Korean government responded with violent police attacks against the strikers and solidarity supporters including the use of chemical agents. They blockaded the workers and denied them food, water and medical aid. The strike ended in August 2009.
