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: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner sentenced to death for murder was executed on Sunday, January 15, 2022, in Khorramabad Central Prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner sentenced to death for murder was executed on Sunday, January 15, 2022, […]
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 […]
11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 11, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested after appearing in Branch 2 of the Evin Courthouse. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i […]
11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 10, Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners Rights League in Iran, Aliyeh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was […]
11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Branch 7 of the Criminal Court 2 in Rajai Shahr set 10 billion Tomans bail for Afshin Baymani to be granted a furlough. Afshin Baymani is one of the longest-serving political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison. He has been in prison […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner imprisoned in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, wrote a letter in the 22nd year of his imprisonment in which he wrote about his experiences during these years. In this letter, Mr. Masouri refers to the prison’s impact on the prisoners and […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On January 8, 2022, the former political prisoner and student activist, Leila Hosseinzadeh was summoned to Evin Court’s Sentence Implementation Unit to serve her sentence. The summon states that she must appear within five days in Sentence Implementation Branch. […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, after appearing in the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher from Sanandaj, was arrested and transferred to the women’s ward of the Correctional Center to serve her five-year sentence. A number of civil […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, at the end of the deadline stated in her summon, Shadi Gilak, the civil activist and wife of political prisoner Arash Johari was arrested at the Sentence Implementation Unit and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her […]