Breathing in Confinement – According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights in Iran, over the past year, 274 inmates have faced the death penalty in prisons and occasionally in public. In spite of widespread international protests, the Islamic Republic’s authorities have not taken any action to improve the human rights situation in Iran. […]
Breathing in Confinement – Concurrently with the 40th day of November protesters’ martyrdom, Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher and a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was arrested on December 26 in Behesht-e-Sakineh cemetery in Karaj and was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]
Breathing in Confinement – Sepideh Farahan, one of the detainees of the December 2017 protests was arrested on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, and was transferred to Evin Prison. According to the information received by Breathing in Confinement- the news organ of Prisoners ‘Rights League in Iran, yesterday January 1, to serve her 2 years sentence, […]
Breathing in Confinement – In the wake of the transfer of Narges Mohammadi and Athena Daemi from the women’s ward of Evin prison, their fellow inmates protested this illegal decision.
Breathing in Confinement – After more than 40 days from the November demonstrations, while the Islamic Republic’s authorities have not provided any official and accurate figures on the number of detainees, arresting the protesters is daily ongoing. Breathing in Confinement- the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, quoted Mohsen Khancherli, the West […]
Breathing in Confinement – Narges Mohammadi Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), has been transferred to Zanjan prison. She was among the women who had been on a sit-in at Evin prison protesting the killing of protesters in November. She along with 7 other inmates had announced in a letter on […]
Breathing in Confinement – On Thursday, December 26, security forces arrested a number of participants gathering on the occasion of the 40th day of Pouya Bakhtiari’s death in Behesht-e- Sakineh cemetery in the City of Karaj. Videos released on the internet show security forces arresting attendees in the ceremony. Radio Farda quoting Huriya Tarani- a political […]
Breathing in Confinement -Three inmates who (in separate cases) had previously been sentenced to death for murder, were saved from execution with the consent of the victims’ relatives.
Breathing in Confinement: Sunday, December 22, Arash Ganji, a translator and secretary of the Iranian Writers’ Association, being arrested by security forces in Tehran was taken to an unknown location. The officers searched his home during the arrest and confiscated some of his personal belongings.
Breathing in Confinement: Mahmoud Behzadi Rad, lawyer of Nazanin Zagheri- a British citizen, and Narges Mohammadi- Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), said the prosecution has rejected his client’s request for parole and furlough. In an interview with IRNA, he said that his clients are legally subject to parole, but the […]