Breathing in Confinement

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January 10th, 2022

Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher, transferred to Sanandaj Prison to serve her sentence

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 […]

January 9th, 2022

After appearing in the Sentence Implementation Unit, Shadi Gilak was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

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 8th, 2022

The political prisoner and member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, Baktash Abtin dies because of being denied medical care

  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 8th, 2022

Security agents arrest Yashar Tabrizi

  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 […]

January 8th, 2022

Afshar Moheb ends his hunger strike in Ardabil prison

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. […]

January 5th, 2022

Execution of a Baluch prisoner in Adelabad prison in Shiraz

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 […]

January 5th, 2022

Afshar Moheb goes on a hunger strike in Ardabil prison

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 […]

January 3rd, 2022

Payam Shakiba transferred to Evin Prison to serve his sentence

  3-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, January 3, 2022, Payam Shakiba, a former political prisoner, appeared in the Sentence Implementation Unit of Evin Prison and was transferred to prison to serve his 13-month sentence.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

January 3rd, 2022

The political prisoner, Adel Kianpour died in Sheiban prison in Ahvaz

2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner, Adel Kianpour died after a week of hunger strike in Sheiban prison in Ahvaz. Adel Kianpour had been on a hunger strike since December 25, 2021, in protest of the judicial process of his case. So far, no judicial official in the Islamic Republic has […]

January 3rd, 2022

After her request for retrial was rejected, Zahra Mohammadi was summoned to serve her sentence

  2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After her request for  retrial was rejected by the Supreme Court, Zahra Mohammadi, a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher, was summoned to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. Zahra Mohammadi had been sentenced by Sanandaj Court to […]