Breathing in Confinement

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August 18th, 2021

A report on the statistics of the executions carried out during Hassan Rouhani’s two terms in office (August 3, 2013 – August 3, 2021)

18-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Gross violations of human rights, including detention, imprisonment, and deportation of civil, political, and ideological activists; expulsion and detention of teachers and students; repression of the journalists and reporters; repression of religious and ethnic minorities; as well as the brutal treatment of the protesters in December 2017, August […]

August 18th, 2021

Soheila Hijab goes on leave from Qarchak prison in Varamin

17-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, August 14, the political prisoner Soheila Hijab, was sent on a 7 day leave from Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The imprisoned lawyer Soheila Hijab, has been serving her five-year sentence in Qarchak prison in Varamin since June 2020.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, […]

August 16th, 2021

Ongoing detention of 5 lawyers; Human Rights Commission of Iran Central Bar Association issues a protesting statement

15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Breathing in Confinement: On August 14, 2021, five lawyers, along with two civil activists and a journalist, were arrested at the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights Office in Tehran. Two of them were released a few hours later, and five others are still in custody. […]

August 16th, 2021

Reduction of the death sentences of three prisoners arrested in November 2019, to a total of 75 years and three days in prison

15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of three detainees of the November 2019 protests were reduced to a total of 75 years and three days in prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on August 14, 2021, on the appeal […]

August 15th, 2021

Akbar Azad has been transferred to the quarantine ward of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary

13-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist , Akbar Azad, via a phone call informed his family that he had been transferred to the quarantine ward of the 2nd Hall of the Type 6 of Greater Tehran Prison, and that he would be held there for two weeks.   According to Breathing […]

August 15th, 2021

Arrest of Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei in Tabriz

13-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Two civil activists in Tabriz, Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei, were arrested by security forces on August 10, 2021.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei were arrested on August 10, 2021.   After […]

August 15th, 2021

Arrest of 7 lawyers and civil activists in Tehran; Three of detainees were released

14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, four lawyers and a journalist were arrested by security forces in Tehran and taken to an unknown location.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the lawyers, Arash Keikhosravi, Mostafa Nili, Mohammad Reza Faghihi and Leila […]

August 15th, 2021

Supreme Court rejects Haidar Ghorbani’s request for retrial

14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 27 of the Supreme Court rejected Haidar Ghorbani’s request for the application of Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Ghorbani is a political prisoner who has been sentenced to death.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

August 13th, 2021

Sardasht; No information on the fate of two detained citizens

12-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: More than forty days after the arrest of two Kurdish citizens named “Shawan Sheikh” and “Kaveh Sharifi” from Sardasht, there is still no information about their fate or their whereabouts.   According to an informed source, since the time of their arrest, the two citizens have been denied […]

August 11th, 2021

Covid-19 crisis in women’s ward of Evin Prison; Niloufar Bayani goes on leave

11-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, August 11, Niloufar Bayani, an environmental activist, was sent on leave from Evin Prison, because of having Covid-19 disease. In recent weeks, at the women’s ward of Evin Prison, a number of inmates had developed severe Covid-19 symptoms and Ms. Bayani along with other […]