Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
January 27th, 2022

Coronavirus in Evin Prison; Payam Shakiba is being denied medical care despite suffering from Covid- 19

26-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Payam Shakiba, a political prisoner in Evin Prison, has contracted Coronavirus and has been denied medical treatment for the past few days. He was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison on January 3, 2022, when had he appeared in the Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit on the due date […]

January 27th, 2022

The second hearing on the case against Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi; The proceeding will be continued

  25- January-2022 Newsgroup: Students – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On January 25, the second hearing on the case of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, two detained students of Sharif University, was held in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]

January 12th, 2022

Detention of a Baha’i citizen named Saba Sefidi

  11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 11, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested after appearing in Branch 2 of the Evin Courthouse.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i […]

January 12th, 2022

Alieh Motalebzadeh deported to Qarchak prison in Varamin

11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 10, Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners Rights League in Iran, Aliyeh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was […]

January 12th, 2022

Ten billion Toman bail for the political prisoner, Afshin Baymani to be granted a furlough

  11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Branch 7 of the Criminal Court 2 in Rajai Shahr set 10 billion Tomans bail for Afshin Baymani to be granted a furlough. Afshin Baymani is one of the longest-serving political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison. He has been in prison […]

January 11th, 2022

Description of an experience on the 22nd year of imprisonment; Letter from Saeed Masouri imprisoned in Rajai Shahr prison

9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner imprisoned in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, wrote a letter in the 22nd year of his imprisonment in which he wrote about his experiences during these years. In this letter, Mr. Masouri refers to the prison’s impact on the prisoners and […]

January 10th, 2022

To serve her 5-year sentence, Leila Hosseinzadeh summoned to Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit

9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Repression –   Breathing in Confinement: On January 8, 2022, the former political prisoner and student activist, Leila Hosseinzadeh was summoned to Evin Court’s Sentence Implementation Unit to serve her sentence. The summon states that she must appear within five days in Sentence Implementation Branch. […]

January 10th, 2022

Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher, transferred to Sanandaj Prison to serve her sentence

9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, after appearing in the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher from Sanandaj, was arrested and transferred to the women’s ward of the Correctional Center to serve her five-year sentence. A number of civil […]

January 9th, 2022

After appearing in the Sentence Implementation Unit, Shadi Gilak was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, at the end of the deadline stated in her summon, Shadi Gilak, the civil activist and wife of political prisoner Arash Johari was arrested at the Sentence Implementation Unit and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her […]

January 8th, 2022

The political prisoner and member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, Baktash Abtin dies because of being denied medical care

  January 8, 2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Baktash Abtin, a political prisoner and member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, died in a hospital in Tehran after contracting Covid-19 in Evin Prison and because of being denied on time medical care and […]