Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
August 23rd, 2021

The Supreme Court rejects Vahid Afkari’s request for retrial

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 38 of the Supreme Court rejected the request of Vahid Afkari, the brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari, for retrial. Vahid had previously been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz to 25 years in prison.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]

August 23rd, 2021

Hacking of surveillance cameras inside Evin Prison, the most high-security prison in Iran

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, a group called “Adalat-e Ali,” publishing videos from the camera control room of Evin Prison, announced that they had hacked into the Prison’s security network.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, according to videos published on social […]

August 23rd, 2021

Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei were released from prison

23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On August 22, 2021, Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei, two activists from Azerbaijan- Iran, were released from prison on bail, awaiting the trial. These two activists had been arrested on July 27, 2021 in the City of Nasimshahr in Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news […]

August 20th, 2021

Sepideh Gholian goes on leave

19-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On August 19, the political prisoner in Bushehr Prison, Sepideh Gholian who had recently tested positive for Covid-19, was sent on leave.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Sepideh Gholian, was sent on a seven-day leave from Bushehr […]

August 18th, 2021

Soheila Hijab goes on leave from Qarchak prison in Varamin

17-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, August 14, the political prisoner Soheila Hijab, was sent on a 7 day leave from Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The imprisoned lawyer Soheila Hijab, has been serving her five-year sentence in Qarchak prison in Varamin since June 2020.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, […]

August 16th, 2021

Reduction of the death sentences of three prisoners arrested in November 2019, to a total of 75 years and three days in prison

15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of three detainees of the November 2019 protests were reduced to a total of 75 years and three days in prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on August 14, 2021, on the appeal […]

August 15th, 2021

Supreme Court rejects Haidar Ghorbani’s request for retrial

14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 27 of the Supreme Court rejected Haidar Ghorbani’s request for the application of Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Ghorbani is a political prisoner who has been sentenced to death.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

August 13th, 2021

Sardasht; No information on the fate of two detained citizens

12-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: More than forty days after the arrest of two Kurdish citizens named “Shawan Sheikh” and “Kaveh Sharifi” from Sardasht, there is still no information about their fate or their whereabouts.   According to an informed source, since the time of their arrest, the two citizens have been denied […]

August 11th, 2021

Covid-19 crisis in women’s ward of Evin Prison; Niloufar Bayani goes on leave

11-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, August 11, Niloufar Bayani, an environmental activist, was sent on leave from Evin Prison, because of having Covid-19 disease. In recent weeks, at the women’s ward of Evin Prison, a number of inmates had developed severe Covid-19 symptoms and Ms. Bayani along with other […]

August 11th, 2021

The civil activist Javad Lael Mohammadi, released from prison

11-August-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist Javad Lael Mohammadi, was released from the custody of a security agency in Mashhad. He was arrested by security forces in Mashhad on August 1, during a protest rally in support of the people of Khuzestan and against the country’s critical condition.   According to […]