Breathing in Confinement

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December 27th, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of November uprising in Yalda night at Rajaee Shahr Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Political prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison commemorated the martyrs of the November uprising in Yalda Night.

December 26th, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of November uprising at Political Women Ward in Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – On Saturday, December 21, 2019, women political prisoners in Evin Prison turned celebration Yalda night into a commemoration ceremony for the martyrs of the November uprising. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the ceremony began with a group anthem singing followed by recitation […]

December 23rd, 2019

Fourteen Dervish prisoners are in dangerous condition on their Forty-eighth day of hunger strike

Breathing in Confinement: Physical conditions of 14 Gonabadi Dervish inmates who have been on hunger strike since 48 days in Great Tehran and other cities prisons, have been reported as seriously dangerous. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, fourteen dervish prisoners who have been on hunger strike […]

December 23rd, 2019

Release from execution after 10 years of imprisonment in Mashhad

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s relatives, a prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death for murder was saved from execution. According to Khorasan Daily, after 10 years in jail, a prisoner in Mashhad was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s family. The case opened on September 28, 2010, […]

December 23rd, 2019

Missing 14-year-old Kulbar’s corpse found at Teteh Mountains in Marivan

Breathing in Confinement – After 3 days of searching for a 14-year-old Kulbar (workers who carry goods on their back across the borders),  finally, on Friday, December 20, his body was discovered in the Teteh Border Heights near the County of Marivan. According to Mokrian, the body of  Farhad  Khosravi, a 14-year-old missing Kulbar, was […]

December 23rd, 2019

Five Kulbars were killed or wounded in border areas

Breathing in Confinement – On Tuesday, December 17, two Kulbars (workers who carry goods across the borders on their back) were shot and wounded in Sardasht and Piranshahr border areas. On December 14 also, in Oshnavieh border area, another Kulbar was shot dead by military forces. Earlier, on December 12 and 13, two other Kulbars […]

December 23rd, 2019

Execution of a prisoner in the City of Boroujerd

Breathing in Confinement – On Monday morning, December 9, the death sentence of a prisoner on charges of “drug trade” was implemented at Boroujerd Central Prison.

December 23rd, 2019

Execution of a prisoner in the City of Bandar Abbas

Breathing in Confinement – On December 15, a prisoner convicted of murder was executed in Bandar Abbas prison. According to the Iranian Human Rights Organization, a 37-year-old prisoner named Davood Shams (known as Davoud Bolbol), from the City of Sari, was executed at Bandar Abbas Prison at dawn on Sunday, December 15. He had been […]

December 23rd, 2019

Arrest of Zohreh Sayadi, a child rights activist

Breathing in Confinement -Zohreh Sayadi, a children’s rights activist (whose activity is focused on the problem of children without identification document) was arrested by the security forces. According to ILNA News Agency, Ms. Sayyadi has detained last week and her family members awaiting her charges and date of trial to be announced. “Last Tuesday around […]

December 23rd, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of the November uprising at Yalda Night – Evin Prison Political Women Ward

Breathing in Confinement – Women political prisoners in Evin Prison announced in a statement that they would turn Yalda’s night into a commemoration of the martyrs of the November uprising.