Breathing in Confinement

ethnic minorities
July 18th, 2021

Khuzestan province: The third day of protests against water crisis; Increased death toll concurrently with  internet shutdown

18-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Last night, July 17, for the third consecutive day, people in various cities of  Khuzestan protested against the water shortage. People took to the streets for the third night in the cities of Shush, Susangerd, Kut Abdullah, Ahvaz, Shavur, Karkheh, Kut Seyed Naeem, Shadegan, Hamidiyeh and Hoveyzeh. […]

July 17th, 2021

People’s protests against water crisis is ongoing across Khuzestan; Two of the protesters killed and wounded in Shadegan

  July 17, 2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Last night, July 16, 2021, people in various cities of Khuzestan Province, such as Mahshahr, Susangard, Hovayzeh, Shadegan, Shoush and Ahvaz, took to the streets for the second day in a row, to protest the water crisis. During the uprisings in Shadegan, a protester […]

February 10th, 2021

Ebrahim Firoozi detained while in exile and transferred to Chabahar prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 10, 2021: On Monday, February 8, 2021, Ebrahim Firoozi, a Christian convert who is serving his exile, after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Rusk, was arrested and transferred to the Chabahar Prison. The reason for his arrest and his whereabouts is yet to be known.

February 9th, 2021

Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr sentences two of the citizens to a total of ten years in prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: Khedr Ghaderi Azar and Shafi Mohammadnejad, two citizens of Piranshahr, were sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court. The two citizens had previously been detained by security forces in early November and released on bail in late December.

January 24th, 2021

Zarabad; the agents of Prosecutor’s Office in Konarak, demolish the cottages where flood-stricken people lived

Breathing in Confinement, January 24, 2021: The agents of Prosecutor’s Office in Konarak, along with law enforcement officers, demolished the cottages in Zarabad, where flood-stricken people were living. The agent also arrested three citizens who tried to prevent this.     According to Baloch activists’ campaign, on the morning of January 23, 2021, in the […]

January 23rd, 2021

A Baloch citizen injured by landmine blast left in place after a military Manoeuvre in the City of Jask

Breathing in Confinement, January 23, 2021: A Baloch citizen was seriously injured after explosion of a landmine left over from a military Manoeuvre held in Jask.     According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on January 20, 2021, a Baloch citizen named “Ebrahim Ali” from the village of Nagar in Jask, was seriously injured after […]

January 21st, 2021

Executions of two Baloch Sunni clerics halted

Breathing in Confinement: Two Baloch clerics who on January 16, had been transferred to solitary confinement for execution, were returned back to the prison’s general ward.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, two Sunni Baloch clerics, named “Amanullah Balochi” and “Hafez Abdul Rahim Koohi”, who on Monday, January 16, had been transferred to quarantine […]

January 20th, 2021

After being tortured, a Baloch prisoner executed in Zahedan Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On January 19, 2021, a Baloch prisoner named Anwar Aalizehi, was executed in Zahedan Prison.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, Anwar had been arrested two years ago on drug charges.   “Being unemployed and having poor living condition, Anwar was transferring drugs, before which he had no criminal record,” said […]

January 11th, 2021

Simultaneous arrest of at least 13 Kurdish citizens in different cities

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: On Saturday, January 9, 2021, two Kurdish students of Kharazmi University in Karaj, who were staying in the university’s dormitory, were arrested by the security forces. Five other Kurdish citizens also were concurrently arrested in the cities of Marivan and Mahabad.   According to “Breathing in Confinement “, the […]

December 30th, 2020

Security agents in Saravan, arrest two Baloch Sunni Religion Students

Breathing in Confinement, December 30, 2020: Security forces arrested two Baloch Sunni Religion Students in Saravan.