Breathing in Confinement

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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. […]

April 20th, 2021

Suicide of a 12-year-old teenager in Khorramshahr

19-April-2021 Newsgroup: Suicide Breathing in Confinement: A 12-year-old girl in Khorramshahr attempted suicide by hanging herself and lost her life. According to Rokna News Agency, in March of this year, a 12-year-old girl in Khorramshahr took her life by  suicide. As per the report, the teenage girl attempted suicide by hanging herself and the reasons […]

April 18th, 2021

Eighty four people attempted suicide in just one day in Tehran

  17-April-2021 Newsgroup: Suicide – Breathing in Confinement: In only one day (from 07:30 on Thursday, April 15 to 07:30 on Friday, April 16), 84 people attempted suicide in various ways in Tehran, among them about 10 to 12 died. According to Rokna news agency, 84 people attempted suicide in only one day in Tehran, […]

April 18th, 2021

November 98 uprising; the member of parliment for Tabriz, Azarshahr and Osko: I did not announce the death toll of the November 2019 uprisings, as I didn’t want to go to prison

17-April-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: In an interview with Insaf News, Massoud Pezeshkian, in response to a reporter’s question on how many people were killed in the November 2019 protests, said: “Those who revealed the death toll went to prison, I didn’t, because I was not willing to go to prison; If you […]

April 15th, 2021

Transfer of Amirsalar Davoodi from Evin Prison to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj

13-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The imprisoned lawyer, Amirsalar Davoodi, was transferred from Evin Prison to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, the imprisoned lawyer, Amirsalar  Davoodi, was transferred from Evin Prison to Rajai […]