Breathing in Confinement

executions
September 12th, 2021

Arrest of Saeed Afkari on the eve of the anniversary of the execution of Navid Afkari

12-September-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, September 12, on the eve of the anniversary of the execution of Navid Afkari, Saeed Afkari, Navid’s brother, was arrested at the entrance to Shiraz, after being beaten by the  plainclothes agents and taken to an unknown location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the […]

August 24th, 2021

A statistical report on the violation of human rights in Iran over the past one month (July 20 to August 20, 2021)

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The examples of the ongoing human rights violations by the authorities of the Islamic Republic over the past month, included the executions, arrests, imprisonment, and floggings.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]

August 18th, 2021

A report on the statistics of the executions carried out during Hassan Rouhani’s two terms in office (August 3, 2013 – August 3, 2021)

18-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Gross violations of human rights, including detention, imprisonment, and deportation of civil, political, and ideological activists; expulsion and detention of teachers and students; repression of the journalists and reporters; repression of religious and ethnic minorities; as well as the brutal treatment of the protesters in December 2017, August […]

August 16th, 2021

Reduction of the death sentences of three prisoners arrested in November 2019, to a total of 75 years and three days in prison

15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of three detainees of the November 2019 protests were reduced to a total of 75 years and three days in prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on August 14, 2021, on the appeal […]

August 15th, 2021

Supreme Court rejects Haidar Ghorbani’s request for retrial

14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 27 of the Supreme Court rejected Haidar Ghorbani’s request for the application of Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Ghorbani is a political prisoner who has been sentenced to death.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

August 11th, 2021

Sweden tries Hamid Nouri over the massacre of political prisoners in 1988

10-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The trial of Hamid Nouri, Assistant Prosecutor of Gohardasht Prison in the 1980s, began on Tuesday, August 19, 2021, in Stockholm, Sweden, on charges of “participating in the mass executions of political prisoners in the summer of 1988,” as well as “murder, […]

August 2nd, 2021

Execution of three prisoners in Urmia Prison

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: This morning, Monday, August 2, three prisoners sentenced to death for “drug offences,” were executed in Urmia Prison. The three prisoners who were executed in Urmia Central Prison, have been identified as Sepehr Abbasnejad, son of Bahman, Eskandar Zare, son of Ibrahim, and Hamzeh Rezaei, son of Reza. […]

July 24th, 2021

Monthly report on the violation of human rights in Iran from June 20 to July 20, 2021

24-July-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners – Execution of at least 34 prisoners Arrest of more than 90 civil, ideological and political activists in various cities Issuance/confirmation of at least 127 years, 11 months and 18 days of imprisonment for civil rights activists, religious minorities, labor and human rights activists   Breathing […]

July 10th, 2021

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad

10-July-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, July 5, a prisoner sentenced to death for murder, was executed in Mashhad Prison.   According to Khorasan newspaper, at dawn on Monday, July 5, 2021, a prisoner was executed in Mashhad prison. The report has identified the prisoner as Ali-P, 45. Ali’s sentence had been […]

July 1st, 2021

Ali Khamenei appoints Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, another human rights violator, as the head of the judiciary

1-July-2021 Newsgroup: Execution, Prisoners, Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: On July 7, 2021, Ali Khamenei appointed Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei as the head of the judiciary.   According to Fars News Agency, Ali Khamenei, in his decree, referred to Mohseni Ejei as the one who is “having valuable experiences as well as profound […]