Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
July 31st, 2022

Evin Prison: 120 political prisoners are being kept in Ward 8/ their names and length of conviction

  July 30, 2022 News group: Freedom of expression – Religious minorities – Ethnic minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The number of political prisoners in Ward 8 of Evin Prison has increased to 120, while this ward lacks the minimum facilities, and the prisoners are denied the hygienic equipment as well as medical […]

July 27th, 2022

Report on human rights violations in Iran from June 20 to July 20, 2022; Execution of at least 49 prisoners

July 27, 2022 Newsgroup: Protests – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Suppression – Sukhtbars- Breathing in Confinement: Widespread violations of human rights with massive arrests and violent treatment of protesting citizens continued in the past month. In particular a significant intensification of repressive acts of the so called “Gasht Ershad” (police agents who arrest […]

July 25th, 2022

Political prisoners from Qarchak and Great Tehran Prisons transferred to Evin 

  July 25, 2022 News group: freedom of expression – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In recent days, female political prisoners have been transferred from Qarchak and male political prisoners from Great Tehran prison to Evin.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

July 25th, 2022

The Ministry of Intelligence is framing Maryam Akbari Monfared and intensifying pressure on her

July 25, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in Semnan Prison who is spending the 13th year of her sentence, has faced a new case filed against her by the Ministry of Intelligence for “propaganda against the regime”. The trial, which was scheduled for Tuesday, […]

July 17th, 2022

Suri Babaei Chegini was arrested in Qazvin; she went on hunger strike

July 15, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in a Confinement: Suri Babaei Chegini, a civil activist living in Qazvin, was arrested on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, following the raid of security agents on her brother’s house and transferred to Evin Prison. Later, on a phone call to her family, she announced her […]

July 15th, 2022

Melika Gharagozlu arrested by the security forces

July 14, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, Melika Gharagozlu, a student at Allameh Tabatabaei University, was arrested by the security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, July […]

July 11th, 2022

Nahid Shirpisheh, Pouya Bakhtiari’s mother, was arrested

July 11, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breath in a Confinement: On Monday, July 11, 2022, Nahid Shirpisheh, mother of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 protests, was arrested by the security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breath in a Confinement”, the news organ […]

July 10th, 2022

Behnam Zarei was arrested by the security forces in Warzaghan

July 10, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in confinement: On Saturday, July 9, 2022, Behnam Zarei from the city of Warzaghan was arrested by the security forces and transferred to the detention center of the Intelligence Department in Ahar City. According to “Breathing in confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners Rights League in Iran […]

July 2nd, 2022

To serve her sentence, Nasrin Javadi transferred to Evin Prison

July 2, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, July 2, 2022, Nasrin Javadi, a labor activist, was transferred to Evin Prison to serve her 5-year sentence. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Nasrin Javadi was […]

June 29th, 2022

Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi transferred to the general ward of Evin Prison

28-June-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, June 25, 2022, Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, detained students at Sharif University of Technology, were transferred from Ward 209 of Evin Prison to the prison’s general ward.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Amir […]