Breathing in Confinement

ethnic minorities
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 […]

July 24th, 2021

On the 8th day, the uprising in Khuzestan  spread to the other provinces; many protesters have been arrested, wounded or killed

23-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The body of Hadi Bahmani, one of the victims of the protests in the City of Izeh in Khuzestan, was buried. Despite the oppressions and violent approach of security forces, protests against the water crisis continued in various cities of Khuzestan province and expanded to the neighboring […]

July 22nd, 2021

The uprisings in Khuzestan against water crisis continued for the seventh night; Report on protests in various cities

22-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Seventh day of the uprisings in Khuzestan against water crisis started on Wednesday morning, July 21, 2021, with a gathering in Salihaviyeh village in Darkhovin. At night, people in the cities of Susangerd, Izeh, Dezful, Shadegan, Ramshir, Sheiban, Mahshahr, Khormousa and Masjed Soleiman held protest rallies. In […]

July 21st, 2021

A report on the sixth night of the uprisings in Khuzestan province against the water crisis; Shooting at people and shutting down the internet

    21-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The sixth night of the uprisings in Khuzestan province started in the evening of Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in the cities of Izeh, Ahvaz and Susangerd and continued until late at night and spread to various neighborhoods of Ahvaz as well as other cities in […]