Breathing in Confinement

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June 12th, 2020

Despite the efforts of civil society activists to obtain the consent of blood owners, a prisoner was executed in Naqadeh prison

Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Wednesday, June 10, 2020, a death sentence was carried out in Naqadeh Prison. The executed prisoner had been arrested four years ago on charges of murder and was later sentenced to death,

June 12th, 2020

Without having been sentenced to death, a Baloch inmate, was executed in Birjand prison

Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, June 6, 2020, a Baloch man who had previously been sentenced to prison on drug charges, was executed in Birjand Prison without even having a death sentence.

June 11th, 2020

New case is filed against Atena Daemi in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Atena Daemi, a civil rights activist who is serving her fifth year in Evin Prison, was summoned this morning to Branch 2 of Evin Prison Court, for a new case filed against her.

June 11th, 2020

Detention of three Baha’i citizens in Rafsanjan

Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, June 7, security officers raided the homes of three Baha’i citizens in Rafsanjan, confiscated their personal belongings, including mobile phones and books, and then transferred them to an unknown location.

June 11th, 2020

Maryam Akbari Monfared has been summoned to the court for a new case opened against her in her 11th year of imprisonment

Breathing in Confinement: To be charged in a new case, in her 11th year in prison, on June 10, 2020, the political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared was summoned to Moghaddas Court in Evin Prison.

June 8th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Shahr e Kord Prison

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner, sentenced to death on the charge of murder, was recently executed.

June 8th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement: A 67-year-old prisoner, sentenced to death on the charge of rape, was executed on Monday morning, June 1, in Mashhad Central Prison.

June 6th, 2020

Four Christian converts are summoned to prison, to serve their five years sentence

Breathing in Confinement: To serve their sentences, four Christian citizens who had previously been sentenced to five years in prison, received a summon from the court, on May 28. According to the summons, for each of these citizens, the same sentences were upheld, and they must appear at the prison within five days of receiving the summons.

June 6th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad prison

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner, sentenced to death, who had previously been arrested on charges of murder, was executed on June 1, 2020, in Mashhad Central Prison.

June 6th, 2020

A prisoner in Sardasht prison is released from execution

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner in Sardasht Prison, who had previously been sentenced to death on charges of murder, was released from the jail, after being pardoned by the victim’s family.