17-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared wrote in a letter from Semnan prison: “Boycott the sham election! My vote is the overthrow of the regime. This is my voice! According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Maryam Akbari Monfared […]
June 15, 2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: At the threshold of the presidential election in Iran, Payam Shakiba, a former political prisoner, was arrested by security forces on Monday, June 14, 2021, and taken to an unknown location. Payam Shakiba had been released from Rajaei Shahr prison just 4 months ago, on February […]
13-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Nine months after the execution of Navid Afkari, two of his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari, are still being held in Ebrat Ward known as closed ward, in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. According to their other brother, Saeed Afkari, despite the injuries they sustain as a result of […]
13-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: One month after his transfer to Rajaei Shahr Prison, the political prisoner Farzin Rezaei Roshan, was transferred to political ward. On Monday, May 10, Mr. Rezaei Roshan was taken out of Evin Prison under the pretext of being transferred to the hospital. He instead, was transferred to one […]
10-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On June 9, 2021, Heshmatollah Hayat al-Gheib, the Director General of the Tehran Prisons Organization, went to Rajaei Shahr Prison and announced to all prisoners that participation in the presidential election was mandatory. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in […]
June 7, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Being denied of medical care, the political prisoner Sasan Niknafas died after being transferred to a hospital from the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, according to his cellmates, 48 hours after […]
June 2, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner, Hossein Hashemi, one of the detainees of the November 2019 nationwide protests, has been on hunger and thirst strike since Tuesday, June 1, 2021, protesting his transfer to Section 4 of the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary. Hossein Hashemi, referring to the political […]
June 3, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On June 2, 2021, 100 days after his detention by IRGC intelligence agents, Mohammad Irannejad was released on bail, awaiting the court’s decision. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad Irannejad was arrested on February 22, […]
1-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Iraj Hatami, a security prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, has been on a hunger strike since Sunday, May 30, to protest non- consideration of the period he spent in detention, in duration of his prison sentence. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]
1-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 16 of Ahvaz Court of Appeals upheld the three-year prison sentence for Maziar Seyednejad, a labor activist arrested along with some of Haft Tappeh workers during their protests. Mr. Seyednejad had previously been sentenced by Branch 4 of Ahvaz Revolutionary Court to 3 years in prison. […]