March 28, 2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yousef Salahshour, an activist living in Tabriz, was sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz to 1 year in prison and supplementary punishments of 2 years ban on leaving the country as well as 2 years ban on activities […]
23-January-2022 Newsgroups: Executions – Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Workers and Guilds – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: In the past one month, while the repression intensified in Iran, the number of executions, detentions, and prison sentences increased. The widespread uprisings by various groups of people in protest of the poor […]
16-January-2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: January 15, 2022, marks the fourth anniversary of the imprisonment of Abbas Lesani, a civil activist from Azerbaijan-Iran, imprisoned in Ardabil Prison. On January 15, 2019, after appearing in Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz, Abbas Lesani was arrested and transferred to Ardabil Prison. He […]
7- January – 2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Afshar Moheb, an Azeri activist in Ardabil Prison, ended his hunger strike on Wednesday, January 5th. He had gone on hunger strike on Sunday, January 2, in protest of the case investigator’s refusal to accept his bail and temporary release. […]
2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After her request for retrial was rejected by the Supreme Court, Zahra Mohammadi, a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher, was summoned to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. Zahra Mohammadi had been sentenced by Sanandaj Court to […]
19-November-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Twenty days after his arrest, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist from East Azerbaijan Province, is still under interrogation in the custody of the Intelligence Office. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist […]
4-November-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Mardi, a civil activist living in Tabriz, was sentenced to 3 months in prison as well as 74 lashes. According to “Breathing in Confinement” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Branch 111 of the Criminal Court 2 in East Azerbaijan, headed […]
3-October-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist, Olduz Ghasemi, from Azerbaijan-Iran, has received a notice requesting her to appear in Branch 112 of the Criminal Court in Tabriz on October 18, 2021. She was arrested during the protest rallies held on July 24, 2021, in Tabriz, and was released on July […]
3-October-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, October 3, 2021, a Kurdish citizen named Aram Moradian, son of Osman from the village of “Tangisar” in the Javroud district of Sanandaj, was released from prison on 500 million Tomans bail awaiting the trial. Aram Moradian was arrested by security forces on Saturday, […]
3-October-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The trial of Yousef Salahshour, an artist and civil activist from Azerbaijan-Iran, was held in Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on the morning of […]