Breathing in Confinement

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August 2nd, 2021

Execution of three prisoners in Urmia Prison

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: This morning, Monday, August 2, three prisoners sentenced to death for “drug offences,” were executed in Urmia Prison. The three prisoners who were executed in Urmia Central Prison, have been identified as Sepehr Abbasnejad, son of Bahman, Eskandar Zare, son of Ibrahim, and Hamzeh Rezaei, son of Reza. […]

August 2nd, 2021

An updated report on the situation of 30 protesters arrested in Tabriz

1-August-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: More than a week after the protest rallies held in Tabriz in support of the uprisings in Khuzestan, some of the activists and protesters are still in the custody of the security forces. On July 24, 2021, despite the heavy presence of counterinsurgency forces and widespread repression, the […]

July 31st, 2021

Detention of three citizens by security forces in the city of Thalas Babajani

  31-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the wave of detentions in Kurdistan, three citizens were arrested by security forces in the city of Thalas Babajani. In recent days, three citizens named Arkan Bahrami, Khalil Ramezani and Khaled Mirzaei from the city of Thalas Babajani have been arrested by security forces. Khalil Ramezani […]

July 31st, 2021

Following the wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens, the sixth citizen of Bukan was arrested by the security agents

31-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 29, 2021, a citizen in Bukan was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The arrested citizen has been identified as Chia Agha Beigpour from the village of Rahim Khan. In recent days, at least five other citizens, named Anwar Maleki, Kamal […]

July 31st, 2021

Maryam Akbari Monfared from Semnan prison: The thirst of Khuzestan was quenched with blood

30-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a letter from Semnan Prison, Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner serving the twelfth year of her sentence, supported the uprisings in Khuzestan. She wrote: “I salute to the brave youth of the protesting cities among whom I feel myself these days, rather than being surrounded with […]

July 30th, 2021

Mehdi Shojaei arrested by security forces in Behbahan

30-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Shojaei, a resident of the village of Greater Kurdistan in the city of Behbahan, was arrested by security forces on Thursday, July 29, and taken to an unknown location.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, […]

July 29th, 2021

Release of Touraj Amini from Karaj Central Prison

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Tooraj Amini, a writer and a Baha’i researcher, was released from Karaj Central Prison on Wednesday, July 28, after completing his prison sentence. He had previously been sentenced to one year in prison as well as two years in exile by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj. His sentence […]

July 29th, 2021

Arrest of Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei, two Azerbaijani activists in Tehran

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Babak Rezaei and Saleh Ekrami were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The two activists are from Azerbaijan who live in Akbarabad, Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

July 29th, 2021

Temporarily release of Olduz Ghasemi

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday 28, July, the  activist Olduz Ghasemi was released on bail from Tabriz prison awaiting the court’s decision. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, after 4 days in detention, Olduz Ghasemi was released from Tabriz prison  on 100 million […]

July 29th, 2021

Detention of a Kurdish citizen in the city of Diwandreh

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, a Kurdish citizen from Diwandareh named Fouad Habibi, was detained by security forces and taken to an unknown location.   So far, his family’s effort to obtain information about Fouad’s condition have been unsuccessful.   As of this writing, no information is available on […]