Breathing in Confinement

Freedom of Expression
November 24th, 2024

Monthly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran – October 20 – November 20, 2024

Categories: Freedom of Expression – Protests – Executions – Religious Minorities – Sexual Minorities – Arrests – Retirees – Suicides – Students – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Fuel Carriers – Amputation – Workers and Trade Unions – Children – Border Couriers – Teachers   Summary of Human Rights Violations in Iran from October […]

October 27th, 2024

Monthly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran — September 20 – October 20,  2024

News Category: Freedom of Expression – Protests – Executions – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Arrests – Retirees According to the Statistical Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, during the second month of Masoud Pezeshkian’s presidency, there has been an unprecedented surge in executions, with at least 157 prisoners executed, breaking the […]

October 15th, 2024

Continued Detention of Maryam Akbari Monfared Despite Completion of 15-Year Sentence Without Leave; New 2-Year Prison Term Enforced

October 14, 2024 News Category: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, October 12, 2024, despite completing her 15-year sentence, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared, held in Semnan Prison, was prevented from being released. Her new two-year sentence, imposed due to cases brought against her during her imprisonment, has been […]

September 25th, 2024

Two Justice Seeking Mothers of the Victims of the November 2019 Uprising Sentenced to Prison

  September 24, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Women – Repression Breathing in Confinement:: Mahboubeh Ramazani and Rahimeh Yousefzadeh, justice seeking mothers of the victims of the November 2019 uprising, have been sentenced to prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mahboubeh Ramazani, mother […]

August 26th, 2024

Human Rights Violations Report in Iran for August 2024

26 August 2024 News Categories: Freedom of Expression – Protests – Executions – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Pensioners – Students – Women – Suppression – 2022 Uprising – Workers and Unions Breathing in Confinement: According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 126 prisoners were executed during […]

August 11th, 2024

Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi Announce Hunger Strike in Protest of Reza Rasai’s Execution

10-August-2024 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Detention – Women – Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, two university students imprisoned in Evin Prison, issued a statement and announcing a hunger strike on Saturday, 10th August, in protest of Reza Rasai’s execution and in solidarity with the women prisoners […]

August 2nd, 2024

A Statistical Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran in July 2024

August 1, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Speech, Protests, Execution, Religious Minorities, Ethnic Minorities, Sexual Minorities, Arrests, Pensioners, Women, Prisoners, Suppression, Sukhtbars, Uprising 2022, Workers and Unions, Children. Breathing in Confinement: Human rights violations in Iran continued in July. This month, the judicial authorities paused executions for two weeks because of the early presidential elections. […]

June 1st, 2024

Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from April 20 to May 20, 2024

  May 28, 2024   News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Protests – Executions – Religious Minorities – Sexual Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Workers and Guilds – Kulbar –   Breathing in Confinement   Summary: – Execution of at least 126 prisoners – Issuance of death sentences for 9 prisoners and […]

March 30th, 2024

Revolutionary Court of Urmia; Sentences a Teacher to Imprisonment and Fine

  March 29, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Karim Bastanji, a teacher and trade union activist, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court and the Criminal Court of Urmia to 3 months of disciplinary imprisonment and a fine of 15 million tomans, as well as confiscation of his mobile […]

March 5th, 2024

Mehrdad Bakhtiari sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment

  March 3, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mehrdad Bakhtiari, the uncle of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprising, has been sentenced by the Karaj Revolutionary Court to six years of imprisonment, two years of travel ban, and two years of exile […]