Breathing in Confinement

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January 18th, 2021

Mass summoning of Haft Tappeh workers to the court of Shush

  Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: A group of Haft Tappeh workers in Shush were summoned to the court.   According to Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Mill Labor Syndicate, twenty-eight workers and activists of Haft Tappeh sugarcane Factory have been summoned to the First Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Shush […]

January 18th, 2021

Death of a detainee under torture

  Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: A citizen from the City West Islamabad in Kermanshah province, who had been arrested on charge of murder, died twelve days after falling into a coma as a result of being beaten and tortured by intelligence agents.   According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Friday, January 15, […]

January 18th, 2021

A report on the situation of Golrokh Iraee in Evin Prison’s Ward 2 A

Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: More than 36 days after the political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, being beaten by Prison Guards was transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Ward 2A of Evin Prison, she is still being held in solitary confinement and is denied the right to visit or contact to her family.

January 16th, 2021

Execution of a Baloch prisoner in Zahedan Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement, January 15, 2021: On Thursday, January 14, a Baloch prisoner was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.

January 15th, 2021

After serving 24 years in prison, two prisoners saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, January 15, 2021: Two prisoners, under execution for 24 years in Alamut Prison on charges of murder, were saved from the gallows with the consent of victim’s family.

January 13th, 2021

After eight years in prison, Latif Hassani’s sentence reduced to six years

Breathing in Confinement: On January 13, 2021, having completed his prison sentence, the political prisoner Latif Hassani, was released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. The Revolutionary Court had issued a nine-year prison sentence for the Turkish activist Latif Hassani, on charges of forming an illegal group. And according to Article 134 of the Constitution, […]

January 11th, 2021

Amnesty International condemns the decision of Islamic Republic’s leader on banning the import of Covid-19 vaccine

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: Amnesty International called the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader’s decision to ban millions of Iranians from having access to the vital British and American-made coronavirus vaccines, a disregard for the right to life and the right to health.

January 11th, 2021

Simultaneous arrest of at least 13 Kurdish citizens in different cities

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: On Saturday, January 9, 2021, two Kurdish students of Kharazmi University in Karaj, who were staying in the university’s dormitory, were arrested by the security forces. Five other Kurdish citizens also were concurrently arrested in the cities of Marivan and Mahabad.   According to “Breathing in Confinement “, the […]

January 11th, 2021

Ten people in Kargan village, were injured after being attacked and shot by the naval officers

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: Being attacked and shot by the naval officers, ten people were injured in the village of Kargan.

January 8th, 2021

Twenty years in prison without a day leave; description of the situation of Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On January 8, 2021, Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, entered his 21st year of imprisonment throughout which, he had been denied his basic rights including the right to leave.