Breathing in Confinement: A young man who for 4 years had been in prison for murder, was executed in Rajaei Shahr Prison.
Breathing in Confinement: Bahram Ghasemi and Keyhan Shirini, two Kurdish citizens were arrested by security forces and were taken to an unknown location.
Breathing in Confinement: In the past few days, a citizen from Urmia was arrested by the security forces, being taken to an unknown location. According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, a citizen from Urmia named “Shahriar Pour Ali”, the son of Esfandiar from Dizaj, was arrested by security forces and was […]
Breathing in Confinement: Since the beginning of this year, being pardoned by the blood owners, thirty-six prisoners sentenced to death for murder were rescued from the gallows.
Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, September 25, in an unprecedented event, 47 countries present at the UN Human Rights Council meeting, released a joint statement read by the German representative, condemning the repeated human rights violations in Iran. These countries expressed grave concern over “arbitrary detentions, unfair trials, forced confessions and torture” against the prisoners […]
Breathing in Confinement: On Monday morning, September 28, the death sentence of a prisoner was carried out in Gonbad-e Kavus. The prisoner had twice a death sentence for murder.
Breathing in Confinement: On Monday morning, September 28, father of the political prisoner Amir Hossein Moradi sentenced to death, died by suicide.
Breathing in Confinement: On September 16, Nahid Fath’alian, a retired teacher, was summoned to Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court for a trial where she was notified of the charge of “Colluding and gathering and propaganda activities against the regime, as well as the destruction of state property.” The second court hearing will be held […]
Breathing in Confinement: Friday, September 18, 2020, the imprisoned movie director, Maryam Ebrahimvand, was transferred to the prison’s medical center due to drug poisoning. After a night in the medical center, she was returned back to the Evin’s political women ward. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]
Breathing in Confinement: Four Arab political prisoners were transferred from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location. The death sentences for three of them have already been upheld by the Supreme Court, which is raising the concerns about them being executed. According to Ahvaz Human Rights Sources, quoting Khakzadegan, on September 20, 2020, […]