Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
June 1st, 2024

Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from April 20 to May 20, 2024

  May 28, 2024   News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Protests – Executions – Religious Minorities – Sexual Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Workers and Guilds – Kulbar –   Breathing in Confinement   Summary: – Execution of at least 126 prisoners – Issuance of death sentences for 9 prisoners and […]

May 5th, 2024

Death sentence against Mahmoud Mehrabi, a political prisoner in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan.

May 5, 2024 News Group: Protests – Execution – Prisoners – Suppression Breathing in Confinement: Mahmoud Mehrabi, a political prisoner in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, has been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan Province. Mr. Mehrabi was arrested in February 2022. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

April 5th, 2024

Samaneh Asghari was transferred to Evin Prison

April 3, 2024 News Category: Protests – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Samaneh Asghari, a student at Kharazmi University, was transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, April 3, Samaneh […]

March 22nd, 2024

64 former and current political prisoners demand the unconditional release of Maryam Akbari-Monfared.

March 21, 2024 News Group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: 64 female political prisoners and activists have protested against the 15-year imprisonment without furlough for political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared and demanded her unconditional release. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, former and current political […]

March 5th, 2024

Mehrdad Bakhtiari sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment

  March 3, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mehrdad Bakhtiari, the uncle of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprising, has been sentenced by the Karaj Revolutionary Court to six years of imprisonment, two years of travel ban, and two years of exile […]

February 18th, 2024

Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i citizen, sentenced to 9 years in prison

  February 16, 2024 News Category: Religious Minorities – Prisoners – “Breathing in Confinement”: on February 16, 2024, Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i citizen, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to nine years in prison, six years of deprivation from social rights, as well as a cash penalty. According to the “Breathing in Confinement,” the news […]

February 12th, 2024

Court of Appeals confirms the one-year imprisonment sentence for Samaneh Asghari

February 11, 2024 News Group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, February 10, 2024, the one-year imprisonment sentence of Samaneh Asghari, a student of Kharazmi University, was confirmed by the Court of Appeals in Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Right League in Iran, Samaneh Asghari, […]

January 30th, 2024

Hunger Strike of Political Prisoners in Protest Against the Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners and Widespread Executions

  January 30, 2024 News Group: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Political prisoners of Ghezel Hessar Prison in Karaj announced through a statement that they are going on a hunger strike in protest against the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners as well as the widespread executions. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” political […]

January 30th, 2024

The brutal attack by Ghezalhasar prison guards, accompanied by plain-clothed agents, on the hall of political prisoners in unit 4

  January 28, 2024 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 28, 2024, the guards of Ghazalhasar prison, along with plain-clothed agents, stormed the hall of political prisoners in unit 4 of this prison, beating the political prisoners detained in this hall. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

January 11th, 2024

Mehdi Yarahi was sentenced to imprisonment as well as lashes

  January 10, 2024. Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Yarahi has been sentenced to two years and eight months of imprisonment and the endurance of 74 lashes by the Tehran Revolutionary Court According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mehdi Yarahi was condemned to imprisonment and lashes by […]