Breathing in Confinement

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October 27th, 2020

A prisoner in Tehran saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the blood owners, a prisoner named Reza, who had been on death row for murder, was saved from the death penalty.

October 27th, 2020

Suicide of three youth in one day in Neishabour

Breathing in Confinement: In just 24 hours, three youth, aged 15, 17, and 22, killed themselves by suicide in Neishabour.

October 27th, 2020

A Baloch widow who had slept with a stranger in exchange for drinking water for her children, ended her life

Breathing in confinement: A widow who had prostituted herself for providing drinking water for her children, took her own life by suicide.

October 19th, 2020

Mohammad Amirkhizi, Payam Shakiba and Majid Asadi; refuse to appear in the court with prison uniform

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 court. So the trial was held in the presence of their lawyers in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over […]

October 19th, 2020

Several young laborers die in the fish powder factory in the County of Souza in Qeshm Island

Breathing in Confinement: Four workers of Souza Fish Powder Company in Qeshm, died in a tragic event.

October 19th, 2020

A prisoner saved from execution in Shar-e-Kord

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the blood owners, a prisoner who was on death row on a charge of murder was saved from execution.

October 18th, 2020

A prisoner saved from execution in Golestan

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s mother, a 20-year-old prisoner in Golestan Province was spared from execution.

October 18th, 2020

Unfair trial, death sentence for a taxi driver

Breathing in Confinement: A taxi driver has been sentenced to death only for having with him the cell phone of a murder victim. According to the Rokna news agency, on January 31, 2017, the body of a 30-year-old man named Mohammad, was discovered on a roadside in Shahriar. During the investigation, the police found that […]

October 18th, 2020

In a statement, Pen Australia protests the prison sentence for three members of the Iranian Writers’ Association (IWA)

Breathing in Confinement: In a statement, Pen Australian, reacted to the prison sentence for three members of the Iranian Writers’ Association, Reza Khandan Mahabadi, Baktash Abtin, and Keyvan Bazhan.

October 17th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Ghayen on charges of drug trafficking, despite the abolition of the death penalty for these convicts

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner was executed in Ghayen Prison in South Khorasan, on charges of carrying drugs.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, a Baloch citizen named “Mehrshad Brahui” was executed in the County of Ghayen in South Khorasan on charges of carrying drugs.   According to the […]