Breathing in Confinement

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November 20th, 2021

Increased pressure on the families of those killed in November 2019; Short-term detention of Pejman Gholipour’s family

18-November-2021 Newsgroup: Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On November 18, the family members (mother, father and brother) of Pejman Gholipour, one of the victims of the November 2019 uprisings, were detained by security forces and released after several hours of interrogation. During the arrest, security forces confiscated the family’s cell phones and made their social […]

November 20th, 2021

Wadud Asadi is still being held in a state of uncertainty in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence in Rasht

19-November-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Twenty days after his arrest, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist from East Azerbaijan Province, is still under interrogation in the custody of the Intelligence Office. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist […]

November 18th, 2021

Mohammad Nourizad was released from prison; His son Ali Nourizad, however, was returned to the Greater Tehran Prison after completing his two days leave

17-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On November 17, after his sentence was suspended, the political prisoner Mohammad Nourizad was released from Evin Prison. On the same day before the release of Mohammad Nourizad, his son Ali Nourizad was returned to the Greater Tehran Prison at the end of his leave.   According to […]

November 18th, 2021

Arrest of Samku Maroufi, to serve his prison sentence

17-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Samku Maroufi, a civil activist, and founder of the Walat Environmental Association in Bukan, was arrested to serve his one-year sentence in prison.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Samku Maroufi was arrested […]

November 18th, 2021

Soheila Hijab deported to Sanandaj Prison

  17-November-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, November 16, the political prisoner, Soheila Hijab, was deported from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Sanandaj Prison. The imprisoned lawyer, Ms. Hijab,  has been serving her five-year sentence in Qarchak prison in Varamin since June 2020.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the […]

November 15th, 2021

Shahin Barzegar received a sentence of fine as well as imprisonment

15-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Shahin Barzegar, a civil activist from East Azerbaijan Province, was sentenced to 91 days in prison as well as a fine of 40 million Rials to be deposited to the state treasury. Shahin had been arrested during a rally in Tabriz in support of the uprisings in Khuzestan. […]

November 15th, 2021

Increased detention rates concurrently with the second anniversary of the November 2019 uprising; The brother of one of those killed in November 2019 along with two other citizens were arrested in Behbahan

15-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: At the second anniversary of the November 2019 uprising, Mohsen Qanavati along with two other citizens named Amin Moradi and Payam Jeyhouni were arrested. Mohsen is the brother of Mohammad Hossein Qanavani, one of those killed in November 2019 in Behbahan.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the […]

November 15th, 2021

Ongoing protests and sit-ins of farmers in Isfahan on the bed of Zayandehrood River for their water rights

  14-November-2021 Newsgroup: Workers and Guilds – Breathing in Confinement: On November 14, for the seventh day in a row, farmers and people of Isfahan protested against the lack of water supply, on the bed of the dried-up river of Zayandehrood River near the Khajoo Bridge.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ […]

November 14th, 2021

Afshin Hossein Panahi was summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj

  13-November-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Repression –   Breathing in Confinement: Afshin Hossein Panahi was summoned to Branch 2 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Afshin Hossein Panahi was […]

November 14th, 2021

The retired teacher Nosrat Beheshti receives a sentence of five years in prison

  14-November-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Nosrat Beheshti, a retired teacher and political activist, was sentenced to five years in prison by the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Nosrat Beheshti, a retired teacher and political activist living […]