Breathing in Confinement

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August 24th, 2021

A statistical report on the violation of human rights in Iran over the past one month (July 20 to August 20, 2021)

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The examples of the ongoing human rights violations by the authorities of the Islamic Republic over the past month, included the executions, arrests, imprisonment, and floggings.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]

August 23rd, 2021

The Supreme Court rejects Vahid Afkari’s request for retrial

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 38 of the Supreme Court rejected the request of Vahid Afkari, the brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari, for retrial. Vahid had previously been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz to 25 years in prison.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]

August 23rd, 2021

Hacking of surveillance cameras inside Evin Prison, the most high-security prison in Iran

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, a group called “Adalat-e Ali,” publishing videos from the camera control room of Evin Prison, announced that they had hacked into the Prison’s security network.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, according to videos published on social […]

August 23rd, 2021

Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei were released from prison

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On August 22, 2021, Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei, two activists from Azerbaijan- Iran, were released from prison on bail, awaiting the trial. These two activists had been arrested on July 27, 2021 in the City of Nasimshahr in Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news […]

August 20th, 2021

Sepideh Gholian goes on leave

19-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On August 19, the political prisoner in Bushehr Prison, Sepideh Gholian who had recently tested positive for Covid-19, was sent on leave.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Sepideh Gholian, was sent on a seven-day leave from Bushehr […]

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 […]