February 3, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Breathing in Confinement: At least 93 prisoners were executed in January 2024 in various prisons in Iran. Among them, only the execution of 23 prisoners were announced by the state media. According to the statistics center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]
November 30, 2023 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Execution – Execution of at least 112 prisoners Issuance of death sentences for 11 prisoners and confirmation of death sentences for 7 others by the Supreme Court Issuance of the sentence of 510 lashes Arrest of at least 481 citizens Issuance of a total of 355 […]
November 11, 2023 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Uprising 2022 Breathing In Confinement: Ali Akwani and Ebrahim Armesh, two citizens from Behbahan, were arrested by security forces after participating in the anniversary of the killing of Kian Pirfalak. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” Ali Akwani and Ebrahim Armesh from Behbahan were […]
November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Ethnic Minorities – Students – Women – Suppression Breathing in a Confinement: On Sunday, November 4, 2023, Parastou Faridi, a 20-year-old student from Tabriz and a resident of Tabriz, was detained by security forces at his home and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to ‘Breathing […]
Ghezelhesar Prison: To be executed, Ghasem Abesteh transferred to Solitary Confinement November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Execution – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in a Confinement: On Thursday, November 1, Ghasem Abesteh, a Sunni prisoner who has been under a death sentence for over 14 years, was transferred to […]
July 2, 2023 News group: freedom of speech – protests – Breathing in Confinement: Golrokh Iraei, a former political prisoner, was sentenced to five years in prison as well as additional punishments by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran Province. She had previously been sentenced to seven years in prison and additional […]
May 17, 2023 News group: freedom of expression – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Seifzadeh and Marzieh Nikara, two lawyers, were each sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League, in Iran these two lawyers were […]
November 23, 2022 News group: freedom of expression – protests – execution – During the nationwide protests, violations of human rights in Iran have intensified. Using firearms to confront unarmed protesters is a gross violation of human rights. The authorities of the Islamic Republic have killed a large number of children on the streets of […]
October 23, 2022 News group: freedom of speech – protests – execution – Breathing in Confinement: Concurrently with the ongoing nationwide protests, the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran publishes its monthly report on human rights violations in Iran. The protests started on September 16 following the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by the Morality […]
October 4, 2022 News group: freedom of speech – protests – Breathing in Confinement: Nationwide protests of Iranian people continued in the third week after the killing of “Mahsa Amini”, a 22-year-old girl from Saqqez. The Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran has released information about protests in more than 150 […]