Breathing in Confinement – Arash Sadeghi, former political prisoner has been arrested at his work place in Tehran today, September 6th. According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, Arash Sadeghi has been arrested at his place on Azerbaijan street in Tehran at 7 o’clock p.m. today and was transferred to an unknown location.
GENEVA (8 August 2014) – United Nations human rights experts* today expressed grave concern over the recent escalating trend of arrest and sentencing of individuals exercising their rights to freedom of expression and opinion, peaceful assembly and association. Since 22 May 2014, at least 36 individuals that include journalists, bloggers, filmmakers and authors, many of […]
Breathing in Confinement – Iranian authorities should immediately ensure the release of three journalists and a fourth person arrested in recent days, including the Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post, unless they plan to bring recognizable criminal charges against them and guarantee them fair trials. The arrests are the latest in a series of actions […]
Breathing in Confinement – The arrest on 22 July of two journalists and a photographer, including the Tehran correspondent of the Washington Post and his Iranian wife, brings to 65 the number of news providers behind bars in Iran. They include 10 women, of whom three are foreign nationals, making Iran the world’s leading jailer […]
Breathing in Confinement – Hamid Zare Mohammadi, blogger and journalist, went to Tabriz Prison to serve his imprisonment sentence. According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, he went to branch 2 of enforcement of Tabriz Judiciary today, July 17th and was transferred to the Central Prison of Tabriz.