Breathing in Confinement

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July 18th, 2021

Khuzestan province: The third day of protests against water crisis; Increased death toll concurrently with  internet shutdown

18-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Last night, July 17, for the third consecutive day, people in various cities of  Khuzestan protested against the water shortage. People took to the streets for the third night in the cities of Shush, Susangerd, Kut Abdullah, Ahvaz, Shavur, Karkheh, Kut Seyed Naeem, Shadegan, Hamidiyeh and Hoveyzeh. […]

July 18th, 2021

A call to the International Community: Covid -19 is threatening the lives of Female Political Prisoners in Evin Prison

18-July-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: With four women political prisoners in Evin Prison having captured Covid-19, the situation in the ward, is chaotic and the lives of all prisoners are in imminent danger.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, four of […]

July 17th, 2021

People’s protests against water crisis is ongoing across Khuzestan; Two of the protesters killed and wounded in Shadegan

  July 17, 2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Last night, July 16, 2021, people in various cities of Khuzestan Province, such as Mahshahr, Susangard, Hovayzeh, Shadegan, Shoush and Ahvaz, took to the streets for the second day in a row, to protest the water crisis. During the uprisings in Shadegan, a protester […]

July 16th, 2021

Rahela Ahmadi’s mother passed away, while she was not granted a leave for the last visit

16-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Despite the deteriorating condition of the mother of Raheleh Ahmadi, a civil activist imprisoned in Evin Prison, judicial authorities refused to grant a leave to her and her daughter, Saba Kordafshari for the last visit. Raheleh Ahmadi, the mother of Saba Kordafshari, a civil and anti-compulsory Hijab activist, […]

July 16th, 2021

After 77 days in detention, Manouchehr Bakhtiari transferred to the Central Penitentiary of Karaj

16-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After 77 days in detention, Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters  killed in the November 2019 uprisings, called his family to let them know that he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison as well as 2 years and 6 […]

July 16th, 2021

Widespread uprisings in Khuzestan province, in protest against the water crisis

  16-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 15, 2021, people in various cities of Khuzestan province, widely protested against the water shortage. From Thursday evening, people in the cities of Susangard, Bandar Mahshahr, Ahvaz, Abadan, Bostan, Hamidiyeh, Kuy-e Zaviyeh and Dasht-e Azadegan took to the streets to protest. Heavy presence of […]

July 15th, 2021

Retrial for Amirsalar Davoodi

15-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Amirsalar Davoodi’s trial was held on Tuesday, July 13, in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The lawyer, Amirsalar Davoodi had been sentenced to 30 years in prison as well as 111 lashes, in June 2019, by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, and his sentence was […]

July 12th, 2021

Release of Sina Kamali from Adelabad prison in Shiraz

12-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 11, the Baha’i  prisoner Sina Kamali, was released on bail from Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mr. Kamali was arrested by security forces in front of his home on June 14, […]

July 11th, 2021

Arrest of a retired teacher in Mahabad

11-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Hossein Hassankhani, a retired teacher and member of the School of Quran in Mahabad, was arrested by security forces on July 10, 2021.   The Board of Directors of the School of Quran, confirming the news announced that: “A case was filed against Kak Hussein on the false […]

July 10th, 2021

More than 1600 elevator accidents, in just 6 days in Tehran

9-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: Over 1600 elevator accidents have occurred in the past 6 days in Tehran, due to recurrent power cuts.   Jalal Maleki, the spokesman for the Fire Department of Tehran Municipality, said that because of the repeated power cuts, the past six days were “unprecedented in the fire department’s […]