Breathing in Confinement

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December 30th, 2020

Execution of a female prisoner in Sanandaj prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 28, 2020: The death sentence of a woman from the City of Qorveh, who in 2015, had been sentenced to death for murder, was carried out in Sanandaj Central Prison.

December 28th, 2020

After 30 days in solitary confinement, Shohreh Hosseini transferred to the political women ward of Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On December 27, 2020, after appearing in Evin court, Shohreh Hosseini, a civil activist who had been detained since November 28, 2020, was transferred to the political women ward of Evin Prison. She is currently being held in Evin’s quarantine ward.

December 28th, 2020

Evin prison’s guards beat the political prisoners Hamid Manafi and Afshin Shahsavari

Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, December 25, 2020, two political prisoners, Hamid Manafi and Afshin Shahsavari, were beaten by Evin Prison guards and as a result, one of Hamid’s Manafi’s fingers was dislocated and Afshin Shahsavari’s scalp was broken. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the […]

December 28th, 2020

The Turk activist Ali Azizi sentenced to 6 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 28, 2020: A sentence of 6 years imprisonment for Ali Azizi, a 19-year-old Turk activist, was verbally notified to his lawyer, Mr. Asghar Mohammadi. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Ali Azizi was sentenced to six years in prison by the Revolutionary […]

December 26th, 2020

Execution of the political prisoner, Abdul Hamid Mirblouch Zehi in Zahedan Prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 26, 2020: Mostafa Nili, the lawyer of political prisoner Abdolhamid Mirblouch Zehi, Tweeted that his client had been executed in Zahedan Prison.

December 26th, 2020

Unawareness of the fate of the Baloch prisoner, Hamzeh Bilrani

Breathing in Confinement, December 26, 2020: There is no information available on the fate of a Baluch citizen who was arrested in April this year.

December 25th, 2020

Two prisoners in Zanjan saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, December 25, 2020: Two prisoners in Zanjan Prison, who were sentenced to death for murder, returned to life with the consent of the victim’s family.

December 21st, 2020

Execution of a Baluch prisoner in Zahedan Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: After spending eight years in death row, a Baloch prisoner was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.     According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on December 20, 2020, a Baloch prisoner named “Abdolbaset Khasht”, the son of Pir Mohammad from the village of Banest in the city of Konarak, […]

December 21st, 2020

Rajai Shahr Prison; CCTV cameras in Hall 10, Ward 4, to monitor the political prisoners

  Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: Twenty three political prisoners are being held in in Rajai Shahr Prison, Hall 10, Ward 4, and 5 others in one of its sub-halls. These political prisoners often have long sentences and are considered the most long serving political prisoners.     The ward is constantly under the […]

December 21st, 2020

Being pardoned by the victim’s family, a child offender saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: A prisoner who was 16 at the time of the alleged crime, was saved from the death penalty with the consent of the victim’s family.