Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
August 5th, 2021

38 years imprisonment for 5 political activists in Tehran

5-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Five political defendants, Nahid Taghavi, Mehran Raouf, Somayeh Kargar, Bahareh Soleimani, and Nazanin Mohammadnejad, were sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran to a total of 38 years in prison. Nahid Taghavi and Mehran Raouf are currently being held in Evin Prison, and the other […]

August 3rd, 2021

More than two weeks of widespread protests in 57 cities of Iran; A report on the uprisings in Khuzestan and the afterward protests in other provinces

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 15, 2021, people in various cities in Khuzestan staged rallies to protest the water crisis. From Thursday evening, people took to the streets in the cities of Susangerd, Mahshahr, Ahvaz, Abadan, Bostan, Hamidiyeh, Zoviyeh alley and Dasht-e Azadegan. […]

August 2nd, 2021

The 17th day of protests in support of the people of Khuzestan; Protest rally in Mashhad and arrest of Javad Lael Mohammadi and Fatemeh Sepehri

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, Sunday, August 1, 2021, a group of people from Ahvaz living in Mashhad along with a number of activists gathered in Mellat Park in Mashhad to support the uprisings in Khuzestan. The rally was dealt with violence by police and security forces, and a number of protesters, […]

July 31st, 2021

Detention of three citizens by security forces in the city of Thalas Babajani

  31-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the wave of detentions in Kurdistan, three citizens were arrested by security forces in the city of Thalas Babajani. In recent days, three citizens named Arkan Bahrami, Khalil Ramezani and Khaled Mirzaei from the city of Thalas Babajani have been arrested by security forces. Khalil Ramezani […]

July 31st, 2021

Following the wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens, the sixth citizen of Bukan was arrested by the security agents

31-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 29, 2021, a citizen in Bukan was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The arrested citizen has been identified as Chia Agha Beigpour from the village of Rahim Khan. In recent days, at least five other citizens, named Anwar Maleki, Kamal […]

July 31st, 2021

Maryam Akbari Monfared from Semnan prison: The thirst of Khuzestan was quenched with blood

30-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a letter from Semnan Prison, Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner serving the twelfth year of her sentence, supported the uprisings in Khuzestan. She wrote: “I salute to the brave youth of the protesting cities among whom I feel myself these days, rather than being surrounded with […]

July 29th, 2021

Arrest of Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei, two Azerbaijani activists in Tehran

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Babak Rezaei and Saleh Ekrami were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The two activists are from Azerbaijan who live in Akbarabad, Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

July 29th, 2021

Temporarily release of Olduz Ghasemi

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday 28, July, the  activist Olduz Ghasemi was released on bail from Tabriz prison awaiting the court’s decision. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, after 4 days in detention, Olduz Ghasemi was released from Tabriz prison  on 100 million […]

July 29th, 2021

Detention of a Kurdish citizen in the city of Diwandreh

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, a Kurdish citizen from Diwandareh named Fouad Habibi, was detained by security forces and taken to an unknown location.   So far, his family’s effort to obtain information about Fouad’s condition have been unsuccessful.   As of this writing, no information is available on […]

July 27th, 2021

Mohammad Mahmoudi was transferred to Tabriz Central Prison after his detention sentence was commuted to bail

26-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On July 25, Mohammad Mahmoudi called his family saying that he had been transferred to Tabriz Central Prison. He had been detained the same day by security forces.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad Mahmoudi, who had […]