Breathing in Confinement

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November 18th, 2020

A Baloch citizen’s car caught fire while being chased by security agents

Breathing in Confinement: The chase of a fuel carrying vehicle by security officers led to the car being overturned and caught fire.

November 18th, 2020

Iran: Internet deliberately shut down during November 2019, hiding the true scale of unlawful killings by security forces

Breathing in Confinement: On the occasion of the anniversary of the deadliest day of the November 2019 protests, Amnesty International launched a new website “The killings Iran’s internet shutdown hid.”

November 18th, 2020

Tehran, security forces arrest Arsham Rezaei

Breathing in Confinement: Arsham Rezaei, a civil activist, and his nephew, Vahid Rezaei were arrested by security forces at Arsham’s home on November 17, 2020. Arsham had previously been arrested in January 2018 to be later released on bail awaiting the trial to be finalized.

November 17th, 2020

Amnesty International calls for the release of Saba Kurd Afshari

Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International called for the immediate release of Saba Kurd Afshari.

November 17th, 2020

The killings Iran’s internet shutdown hid

Breathing in Confinement: On the anniversary of the November uprising, Amnesty International is going to document that deadly crackdown.

November 17th, 2020

A prisoner dies under torture in Khorramabad Prison

Breathing in Confinement: An inmate named Farhad Vosoughi, died under torture in Khorramabad Prison.

November 17th, 2020

Two prisoners in Semnan and Zanjan saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s family, two prisoners who had been detained on murder charges in Semnan and Zanjan prisons were saved from execution.

November 16th, 2020

To serve his sentence, Sina Zahiri arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement: Sina Zahiri, a former political prisoner had been arrested for the second time in March 2018 and released on bail awaiting the trial to be finalized. He was arrested yesterday, November 15, 2020, after his 5-year prison sentence was upheld by the Revolutionary Court of Appeal.  After appearing in the Evin Prison’s […]

November 16th, 2020

Covid-19 crisis in Evin, Gholamreza Avanloo and Mohammadreza Jahanbani catch Covid-19

Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday November 15, political prisoner Gholamreza Avanloo and an ordinary prisoner named Mohammad Reza Jahanbani, son of Ali, were transferred from Hall 3, Ward 4 of Evin Prison to the quarantine ward of the prison’s medical center.

November 14th, 2020

The student activist, Saha Mortezaei is sentenced to six years in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Saha Mortezaei, a student activist and former secretary of Tehran University Trade Union Council, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.