Breathing in Confinement

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May 1st, 2021

Detention of 10 people so called as “counter-revolutionary agents” in Kerman

30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, April 28, the Kerman Provincial Prosecutor announced the arrest of 10 people so called as “takfiri and counter-revolutionary agents,” and said that these individuals had been arrested as per the court order and that their cases are under process in the court. According to Tasnim news […]

May 1st, 2021

Thirteen people arrested for publishing photos of the clashes between police and people in the city of Aleshtar

  30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Askar Issaei, the police commander of the City of Selseleh, announced on Thursday, April 29, that 13 people had been arrested in connection with the protests of the residents in Kahman area. On Wednesday, April 28, following protests in the area against the cutting of walnut trees, […]

April 28th, 2021

The USCIRF calls for imposing sanctions on the Iranian responsible authorities for issuing additional prison sentence for Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: I a statement, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom  condemned additional prison sentence for the religious prisoner of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee. The commission’s statement, released on Monday, April 26, 2021 saying: “Ms. Iraee, who is detained at Amol Prison in Mazandaran Province, was not […]

April 28th, 2021

Detention of at least 9 Baha’i citizens in Baharestan city in Isfahan

  27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Religious Minorities Breathing in Confinement: On April 25, in a raid by security forces on the homes of 14 Baha’i families, at least nine were arrested. After searching the homes of these citizens, security officers confiscated their personal belongings, including laptops, cell phones, books and pamphlets related to the Baha’i […]

April 28th, 2021

The new sentence of one year in prison as well as a ban from leaving the country for Nazanin Zaghari

27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The lawyer of Nazanin Zaghari, an Iranian-British citizen whose five-year sentence for espionage ended in March 2021, announced that his client has been sentenced to another year in prison as well as a one-year ban from leaving the country in her second case. According to “Breathing […]

April 24th, 2021

A talk with Mr. Hassan Jafari regarding the three-day hunger strike of his wife, Maryam Akbari Monfared, the political prisoner in Semnan Prison

24-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: More than 40 days have passed since the deportation of Maryam Akbari Monfared to Semnan Prison. Pressures and restrictions on this political prisoner however,  is still ongoing. Her daily phone contacts with her family are limited and this political prisoner is only permitted to call her […]

April 22nd, 2021

Monthly report on human rights violations in Iran

22-April-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Women – Prisoners –   In Farvardin 1400 (March 20 to April 20, 2021): At least 18 prisoners have been executed and 7 death sentences have been issued At least 135 civil, political and social media activists have been arrested Thirty six political and ideological activists have […]

April 21st, 2021

At least 276 protest rallies from March 20 – April 20, 2021

21-April-2021 Newsgroup: Workers and Guilds – Breathing in Confinement: Despite the New Year holidays and  the Covid-19 pandemic, as a result of poor living conditions and economic and social pressures, various groups of people have been continuously holding protest rallies in Iran. Protesters generally staged rallies because of not receiving their salaries and also for […]

April 21st, 2021

A protest gathering in Tehran; the protesters chant: “the political prisoners should be released”

21-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Today April 21,  the people and merchants of Alaeddin Mall in Tehran staged a protest rally in front of the mall, protesting against the government’s failure to address their demands. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, today, Wednesday, April […]

April 21st, 2021

Transfer of the political prisoner, Abdolrasoul Mortazavi from Rajaei Shahr prison to an unknown location; In a protesting attempt, his fellow prisoners covered the ward’s CC cameras 

21-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, April 20, 2021, the political prisoner Abdolrasoul Mortazavi, imprisoned in Rajaei Shahr Prison in Karaj, was transferred to an unknown location, under the pretext of receiving his prosthetic leg. His transfer sparked protests by the other political prisoners, who reacted by covering CCTV cameras in the hall. […]