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 […]
January 8, 2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Baktash Abtin, a political prisoner and member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, died in a hospital in Tehran after contracting Covid-19 in Evin Prison and because of being denied on time medical care and […]
January 8, 2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, the civil activist, Yashar Tabrizi, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location for lighting a candle in Shahedshahr, the site of the Ukrainian plane crash. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ […]
7- January – 2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Afshar Moheb, an Azeri activist in Ardabil Prison, ended his hunger strike on Wednesday, January 5th. He had gone on hunger strike on Sunday, January 2, in protest of the case investigator’s refusal to accept his bail and temporary release. […]
4-January-2022 Newsgroup: Execution Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, January 2, 2022, a Baluch prisoner who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on drug related charges was executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a Baluch prisoner named Mohammad […]
3-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Afshar Moheb, a civil activist from Ardabil province, has been on a hunger strike in Ardabil prison since Sunday, January 2, 2022, in protest of the case investigator’s refusal to grant him a temporary release on bail. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the […]