Breathing in Confinement

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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.

January 8th, 2021

A report on the situation of political prisoner, Gholam Hossein Kalbi in his 21st year of imprisonment without a day leave

Breathing in Confinement, January 8, 2021: Twenty years ago, on January 8, 2001, Gholamhossein Kalbi was arrested in the City of Dezful.

January 6th, 2021

Suicide of a child laborer who had no dreams

Breathing in Confinement, January 6, 2021: Reza Fiuji, a child laborer, took his life by suicide at the age of eighteen.

January 5th, 2021

Execution of three prisoners in Zahedan

  Breathing in Confinement, January5, 2021: At dawn on Sunday, January 3, 2021, three prisoners were executed in Zahedan Prison. Two of them were executed while a day before their execution, their request for retrial had been registered.     According to ISNA news agency, on the morning of Sunday, January 3, 2021, three prisoners […]

January 5th, 2021

Two prisoners in Khorramshahr and Tehran saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, January5, 2021: Being pardoned by the victims’ families, two prisoners in Khorramshahr and Tehran who were under execution on charge of murder, were saved from the death penalty.