September 12, 2022 News group: religious minorities – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Zhila Shahriari, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested as per the order of a judge in branch 1 of the Evin prison’s Prosecution Office. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]
September 2, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, September 2, 2022, Arash Nasri, a political prisoner imprisoned in Rajaei Shahr prison, attempted suicide by taking pills. Following resuscitation however, he was transferred to solitary confinement. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]
September 2, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the widespread condemnation of the sentence issued by Semnan Prison’s disciplinary council against Maryam Akbari Monfared, on Friday, September 2, 2022, she received a written notification saying that the sentence was reduced to 3 weeks. While the prison authorities had verbally stated […]
August 30, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On August 29, 2022, eight political prisoners imprisoned in Evin prison were tried by Branch 101 of the General Court of Fashafoyeh district in Tehran and each were sentenced to 11 months and 15 days of imprisonment as well as 50 lashes. On October 8, 2021, […]
August 30, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, August 30, the authorities of Semnan Prison banned the political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, from visiting her family for 3 months. Maryam Akbari who is serving the 13th year of her sentence, was also beaten last week by the head of […]
August 27, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, August 27, Kasra Nouri, a master’s student in human rights and a Gonabadi Dervish imprisoned in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz, was transferred from the political ward of this prison to an “unknown location”. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the […]
August 7, 2022 News group: freedom of expression – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a letter on the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in Semnan prison, expressed her satisfaction with the conviction of Hamid Nouri, one of the perpetrators of the […]
August 6, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mahmoud Mahmoudi, a civil activist from Kalibar city in East Azerbaijan Province, was released on bail. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mahmoud Mahmoudi, a resident of Kalibar city, was recently released from prison after posting […]
July 31, 2022 News group: ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 31, Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Shahriari, members of the Leaders Board of Baha’i Community in Iran, were arrested by security forces at their home in Tehran and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]
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 […]