Breathing in Confinement

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March 26th, 2021

Death of a prisoner in West Islamabad Central Prison

March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday March 21, 2021, following a severe Gastrointestinal bleeding, and as a result of being neglected the prison infirmary staffs, a 35-year-old prisoner died in the Central Prison of West Islamabad in Kermanshah province. According to Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the identity of this […]

March 26th, 2021

Detention of some Kurdish citizens for holding and participating in Nowruz ceremonies

March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Over the past two days, security agents in Marivan, Sanandaj and Saqez have detained more than ten citizens for participating in Nowruz ceremonies. According to Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the evening of Monday, March 22, 2021, security forces raided […]

March 26th, 2021

Special Clerical Court sentences a Kurdish cleric to three years in prison

March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Rasoul Hamzehpour, a Kurdish cleric from Piranshahr, was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the Special Clerical Court of Urmia. The cleric had been arrested in the fall of 2020 and was released on a 1 billion toman […]

February 23rd, 2021

Revolutionary Guards kill and injure at least 15 fuel carriers (sukhtbar) in Sistan and Baluchestan

Breathing in Confinement: On February 22, 2021, at least 10 Sukhtbars have been killed and 5 others have been seriously injured after their protest gathering was attacked by security forces of Revolutionary Guards. According to Baloch activists’ campaign, the Revolutionary Guards blocked the way of Baluch fuel carriers by closing the road and digging large […]

February 22nd, 2021

UN Human Rights Council calls for a full investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi

Breathing in Confinement: The UN Human Rights Council released a statement calling for a full and transparent investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi. The organization emphasized that the death of Mahjoubi reveals that Iranian prisoners are repeatedly denied medical treatment and demanded immediate access of all prisoners to medical treatment Behnam Mahjoubi, a Gonabadi […]

February 22nd, 2021

Mohammad Irannejad was arrested in Tehran

Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, February 22, 2021, Mohammad Irannejad was arrested by security forces at his bookstore in Tehran and was taken to an unknown location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, February 22, 2021, Mohammad Irannejad was arrested by security forces at […]

February 22nd, 2021

Leila Hosseinzadeh was sentenced to 5 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student union activist and former political prisoner, was sentenced by Branch 28 of Revolutionary Court in Tehran to five years in prison as well as two years of ban from social media activities. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Leila […]

February 14th, 2021

Suicide of a teenager in Jask out of poverty and unemployment

Breathing in Confinement: Out of poverty and unemployment, a teenager from Jack attempted suicide. According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on February 12, 2021, a 17-year-old teenager named “Ali Durandish” from the village of Gishdan in Jask, hanged himself because of unemployment and poverty. According to the report, as there was no school in Gishan […]

February 14th, 2021

Court of Appeals in Tehran upholds the sentence of 5 years in prison for Marjan Ishaqi

Breathing in Confinement: The Court of Appeals in Tehran upheld the sentence of 5 years imprisonment for Marjan Ishaqi, the political science student at the University of Tehran and one of the detainees of the November 2019 protests. Ms. Ishaqi was previously sentenced to 1 year in prison as well as 4 years suspended imprisonment […]

February 14th, 2021

Court of Appeals sentences Zahra Mohammadi to 5 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Court of Appeals sentenced Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and head of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Kurdistan, to five years in prison. According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Saturday, February 13, 2021, the sentence of 10 years imprisonment for Zahra Mohammadi, was reduced to 5 years by the Court […]