Breathing in Confinement

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February 17th, 2020

Arrest of a telegram channel admin in Semnan

Breathing in Confinement – On Thursday, February 13, a telegram channel admin was arrested in Semnan.

February 16th, 2020

Appeal Court sentences three members of the Board of Directors of Qazvin Teachers’ Trade Association to pay fine

Breathing in Confinement – Appeal court sentenced Mohammad Reza Behnamnejad, Maryam Zirak, and Soheila Zalbeigi, three members of the Board of Directors of Teachers’ Trade Association in Qazvin Province to pay fine. The three had previously been sentenced to 24 months in prison by Qazvin Revolutionary Court on charges of “propaganda against the government”.

February 12th, 2020

More than 41 years in prison and 200 lashes for seven guild activist teachers in North Khorasan

Breathing in Confinement – On charges of “forming an illegal group aimed at disrupting the national security and propaganda against the system,” seven guild activist teachers in North Khorasan convicted of a total of 41 years and 8 months in prison plus 222 lashes and a fine of 3 million toman by Bojnourd Revolutionary and […]

February 2nd, 2020

Unawareness of the situation of Alireza Toumar one of the detainees of the November uprising

Breathing in Confinement – On November 16, 2019, in the nationwide demonstrations, Alireza Toumar has been detained at Vanak Square in Tehran but there has been no information on his status since.

January 18th, 2020

Eleven arrested in Marvdasht for writing critical posts on Instagram

Breathing in Confinement – on Thursday, January 16, 2020, police commander of  Mardvdasht County announced arresting the administrators of an Instagram page. He described the reason for their arrest  as “creating skepticism towards some of the officials in the city.”

January 15th, 2020

Arrest of Hojjat Emami, a teacher living in the County of Shahin Dezh

Breathing in Confinement – Hojjat Emami, an activist living in the County of Shahin Dezh, was arrested by security forces within the last few days.

January 5th, 2020

Jafar Ebrahimi was arrested and was transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement – Concurrently with the 40th day of November protesters’ martyrdom, Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher and a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was arrested on December 26 in Behesht-e-Sakineh cemetery in Karaj and was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

January 2nd, 2020

In a letter, twelve female prisoners in Evin Prison protest the crackdown in the prison ward

Breathing in Confinement – In the wake of the transfer of Narges Mohammadi and Athena Daemi from the women’s ward of Evin prison, their fellow inmates protested this illegal decision.

January 2nd, 2020

Arresting the November 2019 protesters is on going

Breathing in Confinement – After more than 40 days from the November demonstrations, while the Islamic Republic’s authorities have not provided any official and accurate figures on the number of detainees, arresting the protesters is daily ongoing.   Breathing in Confinement-  the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, quoted Mohsen Khancherli, the West […]

December 29th, 2019

Intense security atmosphere in several cities and arrest of participants on 40th day of Pouya Bakhtiari’s death

Breathing in Confinement – On Thursday, December 26, security forces arrested a number of participants gathering on the occasion of the 40th day of Pouya Bakhtiari’s death in Behesht-e- Sakineh cemetery in the City of Karaj. Videos released on the internet show security forces arresting attendees in the ceremony. Radio Farda quoting  Huriya Tarani- a political […]