28-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, June 27, 2021, Arjang Davoodi was transferred to the sub-hall of Hall 10, ward 4 in Rajai Shahr prison. On May 24, 2021, after spending 5 years in Zahedan Prison, this 67-year-old political prisoner, who is serving his 18th year in prison, was transferred for […]
June 27, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: As a result of not following the construction principles, the bathrooms (both baths and washrooms) in the women’s ward of Semnan prison are at risk of collapse, which considering the carelessness of the prison officials is a threat to the lives of prisoners. According to […]
June 27, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression- Prisoners- Execution Every Iranian with a history of even a day in detention is a victim of torture. Breathing in Confinement: With the aim of vanishing all types of torture, the UN General Assembly has designated June 26 as the World Day in Support of Victims […]
June 25, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: A young man living in Qom was arrested by security forces after he spoke at a so called Free Election Tribune. He criticized the government for the killings and executions, including the execution of Navid Afkari as well as the November 2019 […]
24-May-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Political prisoner Arzhang Davoodi was transferred from Zabol Prison to Rajaei Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Arzhang Davoodi has been transferred to Rajaei Shahr Prison and is currently being held in quarantine. Arzhang Davoodi, […]
22-May-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners – From April 20 to May 20, 2021 Execution of at least 13 prisoners and issuance of 3 death sentences Detention of at least 195 civil, political, and social media activists Sentencing 15 political and ideological activists to 99 years, 8 months and 6 days […]
19-May-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In the first days of Eid al-Fitr, a number of Arab citizens were arrested in the Cities of Ahvaz and Koureh (Taleghani) in the port of Mahshahr. The mother of one of the victims of the November 2019 protests is among the detainees. According to Ahvaz Human […]
30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Farzaneh Ansarifar, the sister of Farzad Ansarifar, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprisings, was summoned to the Behbahan Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday, April 25. Earlier, in November 2020, she along with 70 other citizens had been summoned to the […]
27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Religious Minorities Breathing in Confinement: On April 25, in a raid by security forces on the homes of 14 Baha’i families, at least nine were arrested. After searching the homes of these citizens, security officers confiscated their personal belongings, including laptops, cell phones, books and pamphlets related to the Baha’i […]
27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The lawyer of Nazanin Zaghari, an Iranian-British citizen whose five-year sentence for espionage ended in March 2021, announced that his client has been sentenced to another year in prison as well as a one-year ban from leaving the country in her second case. According to “Breathing […]