Breathing in Confinement

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April 18th, 2022

Rasoul Bodaghi, a member of the Islamshahr Teachers’ Union, sentenced to five years in prison

17-April-2022 Newsgroup: Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Rasoul Bodaghi, a member of the Islamshahr Teachers’ Union, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran to five years in prison as well as a 2-year ban from leaving the country and from residing in Tehran and all neighboring provinces. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news […]

April 16th, 2022

Mehdi Salehi died in prison and buried under security measures

15-April-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Salehi, a political prisoner sentenced to death, who had fallen into a coma after receiving a wrong medication injection in prison, died. Mehdi was one of the detainees of the January 2017 protests. His body was buried in a new cemetery in Yazdanshahr, on Friday, […]

March 30th, 2022

Yousef Salahshour sentenced to 1 year in prison as well as some additional punishments

March 28, 2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: Yousef Salahshour, an activist living in Tabriz, was sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz to 1 year in prison and supplementary punishments of 2 years ban on leaving the country as well as 2 years ban on activities […]

March 27th, 2022

Report on human rights violations in Iran last year

Introduction The following report is the conclusion of yearlong efforts of the colleagues of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (Breathing in Confinement), which has been provided on the basis of the direct and indirect information collected from numerous human rights sources in the Solar Hijri year of 1400 (corresponding to the period between March 21, […]

March 26th, 2022

Hossein Rouintan sentenced to 20 years in prison and to pay a fine

March 26, 2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: Hossein Rouintan, a journalist and political activist, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fine payment.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Hossein Rouintan, a journalist and political activist living in Dashtestan, was […]

March 19th, 2022

Mohammad Rajabi released on bail from the Greater Tehran Prison

March 17, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Mohammad Rajabi, one of the protesters arrested during the November 2019 uprisings, was released on bail from the Greater Tehran Prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, […]

March 17th, 2022

Saba Kordafshari returned to Qarchak prison in Varamin at the end of her furlough

  March 14, 2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, March 14, the civil activist, Saba Kordafshari, returned to Qarchak prison in Varamin at the end of her leave. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, March 14, 2022, the civil […]

March 17th, 2022

Student activist Hasti Amiri sentenced to one year in prison

  March 15, 2022 Newsgroup: Women – Breathing in Confinement: The student activist, Hasti Amiri was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran to one year in prison as well as some additional punishments.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Hasti Amiri, […]

March 16th, 2022

Saeed Tamjidi released from the Greater Tehran Prison on bail

March 14, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, March 13, 2022, Saeed Tamjidi, one of the protesters arrested during the November 2019 uprisings, was released on bail from the Greater Tehran Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Sunday, March 13, […]

March 14th, 2022

Mehrdad Mohammadnejad arrested by security forces

12-March-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, March 12, 2022, the former political prisoner, Mehrdad Mohammadnejad,  was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the former political prisoner, Mehrdad Mohammadnejad, was arrested by security forces […]