Breathing in Confinement

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February 5th, 2024

On the first month of the new Gregorian year, at least 93 prisoners in various prisons in Iran were executed.

  February 3, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Breathing in Confinement: At least 93 prisoners were executed in January 2024 in various prisons in Iran. Among them, only the execution of 23 prisoners were announced by the state media. According to the statistics center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

January 30th, 2024

Hunger Strike of Political Prisoners in Protest Against the Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners and Widespread Executions

  January 30, 2024 News Group: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Political prisoners of Ghezel Hessar Prison in Karaj announced through a statement that they are going on a hunger strike in protest against the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners as well as the widespread executions. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” political […]

January 30th, 2024

The brutal attack by Ghezalhasar prison guards, accompanied by plain-clothed agents, on the hall of political prisoners in unit 4

  January 28, 2024 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 28, 2024, the guards of Ghazalhasar prison, along with plain-clothed agents, stormed the hall of political prisoners in unit 4 of this prison, beating the political prisoners detained in this hall. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

January 11th, 2024

Mehdi Yarahi was sentenced to imprisonment as well as lashes

  January 10, 2024. Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Yarahi has been sentenced to two years and eight months of imprisonment and the endurance of 74 lashes by the Tehran Revolutionary Court According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mehdi Yarahi was condemned to imprisonment and lashes by […]

January 10th, 2024

Four Kurdish political prisoners were sentenced to death

  January 9, 2024 News Category: Executions – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: Four Kurdish political prisoners, after 17 months of detention with no information about their situation, have been sentenced to execution by the Urmia Revolutionary Court. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

January 10th, 2024

Mohammad Shojaa, a pediatric specialist in Bojnourd, was detained for publishing a photo of cutlet (Iranian people liken the image of Qassem Soleimani’s corpse to that of a cutlet.)

January 4, 2024 News Category: Suppression – Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Shojaa, a paediatric cardiac surgeon and university professor residing in Bojnourd, North Khorasan Province, has been detained for posting an Instagram image of “Cutlet” (a type of food). Security forces have labelled it as an insult to sanctities. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the […]

December 31st, 2023

A court hearing was held on the the charges against two families seeking justice for the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprising. Mahbobe Ramezani and Rahima Yousefzadeh faced accusations in the Revolutionary Court

  December 28, 2023 Newsgroup: Uncategorized Breathing in Confinement: The hearing on charges against Mehbouba Ramezani, Pejman Qalipour’s mother, and Rahima Yousefzadeh, Navid Behboudi’s mother, took place in the second branch of the Shahriar Revolutionary Court. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a court hearing was […]

December 26th, 2023

Monthly report on human rights violations in Iran in December 2023

  December 23, 2023 News group: protests – execution – ethnic minorities – students – women – suppression – 2022 uprising – teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Statistics Center of the  Prisoners’  Rights League in Iran published a monthly report on human rights violations in Iran. According to this report, at least 105 prisoners have […]

December 23rd, 2023

A teacher in the Razan Town in Hamedan province, was dismissed from work

December 22, 2023 Newsgroup: Students – Prisoners – Repression – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Nima Sohrabinejad, a former political prisoner and one of the teachers in Razan Town in Hamadan Province, has been expelled from work, as confirmed by the Administrative Justice Court of the country. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ […]

December 21st, 2023

The execution sentence of Samira Sabzian was carried out

December 20, 2023 News group: execution – women – Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Wednesday, December 20, Samira Sabzian, Imprisoned in Qarchak prison, was hanged. Samira, a victim of childhood marriage, was arrested and sentenced to death for murdering her husband in 2015. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news outlet of Prisoners’ […]