Breathing in Confinement

ethnic minorities
December 28th, 2020

The Turk activist Ali Azizi sentenced to 6 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 28, 2020: A sentence of 6 years imprisonment for Ali Azizi, a 19-year-old Turk activist, was verbally notified to his lawyer, Mr. Asghar Mohammadi. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Ali Azizi was sentenced to six years in prison by the Revolutionary […]

December 21st, 2020

Execution of a Baluch prisoner in Zahedan Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: After spending eight years in death row, a Baloch prisoner was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.     According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on December 20, 2020, a Baloch prisoner named “Abdolbaset Khasht”, the son of Pir Mohammad from the village of Banest in the city of Konarak, […]

December 20th, 2020

A Baloch citizen was killed by security agents in Iranshahr

Breathing in Confinement, December 20, 2020: Security forces shot dead a Baloch citizen in Iranshahr.

December 16th, 2020

Security forces shoot dead a Baloch citizen on the Mashkid border

Breathing in Confinement, December 15, 2020: Security agents shot dead a Baloch citizen on the Mashkid border.

December 16th, 2020

Security forces kill two Baloch fuel transporter workers in Espakeh

Breathing in Confinement, December 15, 2020: Two Baloch Sukhtbars (fuel transporter workers) lost their lives after being chased and shot by security officers in Espakeh.

December 16th, 2020

Arrest of two citizens from Urmia

Breathing in Confinement, December 15, 202: Security forces arrested two citizens from Urmia on charges of collaboration with one of the Kurdish opposition parties.

December 14th, 2020

The intelligence agents in the City of Rask, run over a Baloch woman

  Breathing in Confinement, December 14, 2020: The intelligence agents in the city of Rask, drove over a Baloch woman and sped off.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on the morning of December 12, 2020, plainclothes agents ran over a Baloch woman and fled the scene. The woman was identified as “Khadijeh Dahani” […]

December 2nd, 2020

Two years of suspended imprisonment for Fouad Enayati

Breathing in Confinement, December 2, 2020: Fouad Enayati, a civil activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment by the Court of Appeals in Kurdistan.   According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Fouad Enayati, a civil activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment by the Court […]

December 2nd, 2020

Detention of a Baluch citizen by security forces in the City of Dashtiari

Breathing in Confinement, December 2, 2020: A Baluch citizen was arrested by security forces in the City of Dashtiari.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, a Baloch citizen named “Yaser Hut”, the son of Babu from Polan District in Dashtiari, was arrested by security forces on Thursday, November 25, 2020.   “Yaser was in […]

November 30th, 2020

Two years in prison for a citizen in Marivan

Breathing in Confinement, November 29, 2020: A citizen from Marivan was sentenced to two years in prison.