Breathing in Confinement

ethnic minorities
November 27th, 2020

Police force in Zahedan kills a Baloch citizen

Breathing in Confinement, November 27, 2020: A Baluch citizen was shot to death by security agents in Zahedan.

November 27th, 2020

A Baloch citizen was killed by border guards in the city of Hirmand

  Breathing in Confinement, November 27, 2020: A Baloch citizen was killed by border guards in the city of Hirmand.       According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on Monday, November 23, 2020, a Baloch citizen named “Mahdi Alizehi” from the village of Saeed Abad in the city of Hirmand, was shot to death […]

November 18th, 2020

A Baloch citizen’s car caught fire while being chased by security agents

Breathing in Confinement: The chase of a fuel carrying vehicle by security officers led to the car being overturned and caught fire.

November 8th, 2020

Iran’s police kills a Kulbar in the border heights of Chaldoran

Breathing in Confinement: A Kulbar was shot to death by Border Force in the border heights of Chaldoran.

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.

September 21st, 2020

The lives of four Arab prisoners are in danger

Breathing in Confinement: Four Arab political prisoners were transferred from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location. The death sentences for three of them have already been upheld by the Supreme Court, which is raising the concerns about them being executed.   According to Ahvaz Human Rights Sources, quoting Khakzadegan, on September 20, 2020, […]

September 8th, 2020

Eighteen months after he was arrested, unawareness about Obaidullah Arbabi’s destination

Breathing in Confinement: After more than 18 months since Obaidullah Arbabi, a Baloch citizen, was arrested, still, no information has been released about his situation. According to the Baloch Rights Activists Campaign, on March 31, 2019, a Baloch citizen named “Obaidullah Arbabi” from Nakhach village in Nikshahr was arrested by the intelligence agents. His destiny, […]

July 14th, 2020

Execution of two Kurdish political prisoners in Urmia prison

Breathing in Confinement: Two Kurdish political prisoners, Diako Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh Abdullah, were executed in Urmia Prison on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at 1:00 AM. The two political prisoners had been transferred to solitary confinement yesterday.

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 4th, 2020

Mohammad Ghaderi, a citizen from Piranshahr, is threatened to death while under the torture

Breathing in Confinement, May 29, 2020: Mohammad Ghaderi, a citizen from Piranshahr, being detained by the security forces since May 4, is subjected to severe torture to the point of going unconscious.