Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
April 29th, 2022

Ali Kajbaf sentenced to 1.5 years in prison

27-April-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz sentenced Ali Kajbaf to one year and six months in prison.   On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Ali Kajbaf was sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court to one year and six months in prison. If the sentence is […]

April 27th, 2022

Security forces beat Ali Hassan Bahamin in front of Yasuj University + video

25-April-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: On April 25, 2022, Ali Hassan Bahamin, a teacher union activist, was beaten by security forces in front of Yasuj University. Without presenting an arrest warrant, security forces attempted to detain Mr. Bahamin  but faced his resistance. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]

April 27th, 2022

Seventh day of hunger strike; Sudden transfer of Behnam Moosivand to Evin Prison

25-April-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Behnam Moosivand, a political prisoner imprisoned in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, was suddenly transferred to Evin Prison on the seventh day of his hunger strike and was admitted to the Evin’s infirmary. Mr. Moosivand has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in protest […]

April 24th, 2022

A report on the situation of human rights in Iran over the past one month (March 20 to April 20, 2022)

  23-April-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Workers and Guilds – Teachers In an attempt to reveal the violations of human rights in Iran, the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, publishes the gathered data regarding the human rights violations over the past one month (March 20 to April 20, 2022).   Executions Despite […]

April 16th, 2022

Mehdi Salehi died in prison and buried under security measures

15-April-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Salehi, a political prisoner sentenced to death, who had fallen into a coma after receiving a wrong medication injection in prison, died. Mehdi was one of the detainees of the January 2017 protests. His body was buried in a new cemetery in Yazdanshahr, on Friday, […]

March 30th, 2022

Yousef Salahshour sentenced to 1 year in prison as well as some additional punishments

March 28, 2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: Yousef Salahshour, an activist living in Tabriz, was sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz to 1 year in prison and supplementary punishments of 2 years ban on leaving the country as well as 2 years ban on activities […]

March 27th, 2022

Report on human rights violations in Iran last year

Introduction The following report is the conclusion of yearlong efforts of the colleagues of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (Breathing in Confinement), which has been provided on the basis of the direct and indirect information collected from numerous human rights sources in the Solar Hijri year of 1400 (corresponding to the period between March 21, […]

March 19th, 2022

Mohammad Rajabi released on bail from the Greater Tehran Prison

March 17, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Mohammad Rajabi, one of the protesters arrested during the November 2019 uprisings, was released on bail from the Greater Tehran Prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, […]

March 17th, 2022

Saba Kordafshari returned to Qarchak prison in Varamin at the end of her furlough

  March 14, 2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, March 14, the civil activist, Saba Kordafshari, returned to Qarchak prison in Varamin at the end of her leave. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, March 14, 2022, the civil […]

March 16th, 2022

Saeed Tamjidi released from the Greater Tehran Prison on bail

March 14, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, March 13, 2022, Saeed Tamjidi, one of the protesters arrested during the November 2019 uprisings, was released on bail from the Greater Tehran Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Sunday, March 13, […]