19-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: More than one hundred and thirty documentarians of Iranian cinema strongly condemned the repression of the people in Khuzestan who protest against water shortage. The documentarians announced that they will stand by the “thirsty people of Khuzestan.” They stated: “We, the directors of documentary cinema, based on […]
19-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The protests in Khuzestan province against the water crisis continued on Sunday, July 18, 2021. People gathered in the cities of Shush, Susangerd, Malachieh, and Ahvaz. Their peaceful protests, however, were dealt with by the gun-toting security forces who opened fire at them. As of Sunday morning, […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]