Breathing in Confinement

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December 6th, 2020

Being unable to pay ransom (blood money), Behrouz Sohrabi is in risk of imminent execution

Breathing in Confinement, December 6, 2020: Behrouz Sohrabi, a prisoner accused of murder, is in imminent risk of execution because of being unable to pay a ransom.

December 2nd, 2020

Two years of suspended imprisonment for Fouad Enayati

Breathing in Confinement, December 2, 2020: Fouad Enayati, a civil activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment by the Court of Appeals in Kurdistan.   According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Fouad Enayati, a civil activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment by the Court […]

December 2nd, 2020

Detention of a Baluch citizen by security forces in the City of Dashtiari

Breathing in Confinement, December 2, 2020: A Baluch citizen was arrested by security forces in the City of Dashtiari.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, a Baloch citizen named “Yaser Hut”, the son of Babu from Polan District in Dashtiari, was arrested by security forces on Thursday, November 25, 2020.   “Yaser was in […]

December 2nd, 2020

A man in Tehran takes his life in a metro station

Breathing in Confinement, December 1, 2020: A 60-year-old man attempted suicide at a metro station in Tehran and unfortunately died.

December 2nd, 2020

Transfer of Ahmad Reza Jalali to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj for execution

Breathing in Confinement: On December 1, 2020, the lawyer of Ahmad Reza Jalali, the Iranian-Swedish, physician, and researcher, imprisoned in Evin, was informed that her client would be transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj at 5:00 PM Iranian time. Judicial officials said the reason for the transfer was the execution of this dual-national prisoner.

December 2nd, 2020

Twenty five years prison sentence for 5 political prisoners in Urmia prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 1, 2020: Five Kurdish citizens from Urmia, imprisoned in the city’s central prison for one year, were sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison.

December 1st, 2020

Arrest of Amin Moradi, a member of the Iranian Writers Association

Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: Amin Moradi, a poet and a member of the Iranian Writers Association, was arrested.

December 1st, 2020

An eight-year-old girl takes her life in Bandar Abbas

Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: An eight-year-old girl hanged herself in Bandar Abbas and unfortunately died.

December 1st, 2020

A female worker dies in Shahroud

Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: A female worker in Shahroud Cardboard Box Factory, lost her life as a result of workplace safety failings.

December 1st, 2020

A prisoner saved from execution in exchange for giving an Olympic medal to the victim’s brother

Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: A young man, under execution sentence, on a charge of murder during a quarrel, was saved from the death penalty with the consent of the victim’s family.