Breathing in Confinement

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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.

December 21st, 2020

Transfer of Mohammad Benazadeh Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj; their release is sabotaged by the Ministry of Intelligence

Breathing in Confinement: October 19, 2020, in protest against being forced to wear prison uniforms and shackles, Mohammad Amirkhizi, Payam Shakiba, and Majid Asadi, three political prisoners in Evin Prison, refused to appear in the court. So the trial was held in the presence of their lawyers in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court, presided […]

December 21st, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Qom

Breathing in Confinement, December 20, 2020: A prisoner sentenced to death on charge of rape, was executed in Qom Prison on December 17, 2020.

December 20th, 2020

Execution of at least 3 prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement, December 20, 2020: At least three prisoners sentenced to death on murder charges in separate cases, were executed on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.

December 20th, 2020

A Baloch citizen was killed by security agents in Iranshahr

Breathing in Confinement, December 20, 2020: Security forces shot dead a Baloch citizen in Iranshahr.