Breathing in Confinement

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November 25th, 2020

Iran transfers Ahmad Reza Jalali to solitary confinement; risk of imminent execution

Breathing in Confinement, November 24, 2020: Ahmad Reza Jalali, a physician, university researcher and a dual-national prisoner sentenced to death, announced on a phone call on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, that he had been transferred to solitary confinement to serve his death sentence.

November 25th, 2020

Saeed Eghbali, a political prisoner in Evin Prison, is deprived of medical care

  Breathing in Confinement November 24, 2020: Despite a 70% rupture of his right eardrum, and while suffering from severe ear pain and infection, Saeed Eghbali, a political prisoner in Evin, has been deprived of medical care.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, despite the […]

November 25th, 2020

Arrest of Elham Samimi, a student at the University of Tehran

  Breathing in Confinement, November 24, 2020: Elham Samimi, a student at the University of Tehran, was arrested by security forces.   According to the news channel of Iranian students’ union council, on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, Elham Samimi, an anthropology student at the University of Tehran, was arrested by security forces.   According to […]

November 25th, 2020

A 22-year-old worker dies at Manjil Olive Factory

Breathing in Confinement, November 24, 2020: A 22-year-old worker at Golchin Manjil Olive Oil Factory, while cleaning the olive press machine, was dragged to the machine and lost his life.

November 23rd, 2020

In various provinces in Iran, police forces search the homes of Baha’i families and confiscate their personal belongings

Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, November 22, 2020, security forces raided the homes of a large number of Baha’i families in various provinces in Iran and confiscated their personal belongings including computers, laptops, cell phones, and books.

November 23rd, 2020

After 24 years in in Miandoab prison , a prisoner saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: After twenty-four years of being under the death sentence, a prisoner in Miandoab Prison, returned to life with the consent of the victim’s family.

November 21st, 2020

Three prisoners in Shahroud, saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the blood owners, three prisoners in Shahroud Prison, who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges, were saved from execution.

November 21st, 2020

To be interrogated, three citizens from Marivan transferred to Sanandaj

Breathing in Confinement: Three detainees from the City of Marivan were transferred from one of the city’s security detention centers to Sanandaj.

November 21st, 2020

Amnesty International calls for the release of Amir Salar Davoodi

Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International calls for the release of the human rights lawyer, Amir Salar Davoodi.

November 19th, 2020

Death of a worker from Kermanshahi after self-immolation

Breathing in Confinement: A worker from the City of Kermanshah who set himself on fire in front of the city’s labor union died in the hospital.   According to Rokna news agency, in protest action, a worker from the City of Kermanshah who set himself on fire in front of a labor trade union near […]