Breathing in Confinement

ethnic minorities
January 3rd, 2022

After her request for retrial was rejected, Zahra Mohammadi was summoned to serve her sentence

  2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After her request for  retrial was rejected by the Supreme Court, Zahra Mohammadi, a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher, was summoned to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. Zahra Mohammadi had been sentenced by Sanandaj Court to […]

November 20th, 2021

Wadud Asadi is still being held in a state of uncertainty in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence in Rasht

19-November-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Twenty days after his arrest, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist from East Azerbaijan Province, is still under interrogation in the custody of the Intelligence Office. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist […]

November 6th, 2021

Tabriz: Mohammad Mardi received prison and flogging sentence

4-November-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Mardi, a civil activist living in Tabriz, was sentenced to 3 months in prison as well as 74 lashes.   According to “Breathing in Confinement” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Branch 111 of the Criminal Court 2 in East Azerbaijan, headed […]

October 4th, 2021

Summoning Olduz Ghasemi to the Criminal Court in Tabriz

3-October-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist, Olduz Ghasemi, from Azerbaijan-Iran, has received a notice requesting her to appear in Branch 112 of the Criminal Court in Tabriz on October 18, 2021. She was arrested during the protest rallies held on July 24, 2021, in Tabriz, and was released on July […]

October 4th, 2021

Temporary release on bail for Aram Moradian

3-October-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, October 3, 2021, a Kurdish citizen named Aram Moradian, son of Osman from the village of “Tangisar” in the Javroud district of Sanandaj, was released from prison on 500 million Tomans bail awaiting the trial.   Aram Moradian was arrested by security forces on Saturday, […]

October 4th, 2021

Court hearing for Yousef Salahshour

3-October-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The trial of Yousef Salahshour, an artist and civil activist from Azerbaijan-Iran, was held in Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on the morning of […]

September 8th, 2021

At the end of his leave period, Tohid Amiramini returns to Evin Prison 

7-September-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: After completing his leave period, Tohid Amiramini, an activist from Azerbaijan Province, returned to Evin Prison on September 7, 2021. He was sent on leave on August 21 of this year with a deposit of 350 million Tomans bail.   According to Breathing […]

September 8th, 2021

At the end of his leave period, Kianoosh Aslani returned to Evin Prison

7-September-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On September 6, 2021, after completing his leave period, Kianoosh Aslani, an activist from Azerbaijan Province, returned to Evin Prison. He was sent on leave on August 15 this year with a deposit of 350 million Tomans bail.   According to […]

August 3rd, 2021

More than two weeks of widespread protests in 57 cities of Iran; A report on the uprisings in Khuzestan and the afterward protests in other provinces

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 15, 2021, people in various cities in Khuzestan staged rallies to protest the water crisis. From Thursday evening, people took to the streets in the cities of Susangerd, Mahshahr, Ahvaz, Abadan, Bostan, Hamidiyeh, Zoviyeh alley and Dasht-e Azadegan. […]

July 24th, 2021

Internet outage in Khuzestan and concerns over the situation of protesters on the ninth day of the uprisings

24-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, July 23, 2021, concurrently with the ninth day of the uprisings in Khuzestan, despite the widespread repression and disruption of the Internet, protests rallies were held in various parts of the province. The protests which began on Thursday, July 15, 2021, spread rapidly to more […]