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