Breathing in Confinement

Amnesty International
November 21st, 2020

Amnesty International calls for the release of Amir Salar Davoodi

Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International calls for the release of the human rights lawyer, Amir Salar Davoodi.

April 18th, 2017

Amnesty International: Iran Must Halt Imminent Execution of 2 Men Arrested as Teenagers

Breathing in Confinement – The Iranian authorities must urgently stop the imminent execution of two long-time death row prisoners who were children at the time of their arrest, Amnesty International said today. According to the statement of Amnesty International, one of the men, Mehdi Bahlouli, is due to be executed tomorrow morning in Karaj’s Raja’i […]

April 9th, 2016

At Least 5 Prisoners Hanged in Rasht

Breathing in Confinement – Various sources have reported the execution of at least five prisoners in Lakan prison of Rasht. According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”; at least five prisoners of drug related crimes were hanged in Lakan prison of Rasht. Rashid Koohi was one of those people. Amnesty International had urged for […]

August 26th, 2015

Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed While Awaiting Appeal Of His Death Sentence

Breathing in Confinement – Behrouz Alkhani, 30-year-old political prisoner, was executed in the prison of Urmia, while he was waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision. Amnesty International reported this news in a statement and also said that the authorities have refuse to hand over his body to his family.

December 17th, 2014

Amnesty International Warns about Threats against Political Prisoners at Uremia Prison

Breathing in Confinement – The Iranian authorities’ threat to expedite the execution of 10 men on death row in retaliation for going on hunger strike is deplorable, said Amnesty International as it called for the death sentences to be commuted immediately. One of the 10, Saman Naseem, was sentenced to death in 2013 for engaging […]