April 5, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Monday, April 4, after serving 20 years in prison, three security prisoners, Rasoul Hardani, Farhangeh Pourmansouri, and Shahram Pourmansouri, were released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]
March 31, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement March 28, 2021: In an statement on the the recent situation of Ismail Abdi, a teachers’ union activist, the Coordinating Council of Teachers Association of Iran condemning any security and judicial approach to the union and civil activists demanded his release.
30-March-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, March 29, the state media announced that four security prisoners, have been pardoned and released. After twenty-four hours however, the prisoners are still being held in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, 24 hours […]
March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After the sudden death of the young daughter of the political prisoner Arash Nasri, he was barred from attending her daughter’s funeral. And as a result, the political prisoners in ward 4 of Hall 10 protested and covered all the cameras in the hall. According to […]
March 25, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement, March 25, 2021: Two weeks after the deportation of the political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared, the prison authorities refuse to hand over her personal belongings. In addition, on the first day of her deportation, Ms. Akbari, without having access to her personal belongings, was illegally held […]
March 27, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After more than a month since the arrest of the civil activist, Mohammad Irannejad, his family is still unaware of his condition. Mohammad Irannejad was arrested by security agents on February 22 at his bookstore near Tehran’s Enghelab Square and was taken to an unknown location. […]
Breathing in Confinement: The UN Human Rights Council released a statement calling for a full and transparent investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi. The organization emphasized that the death of Mahjoubi reveals that Iranian prisoners are repeatedly denied medical treatment and demanded immediate access of all prisoners to medical treatment Behnam Mahjoubi, a Gonabadi […]
Breathing in Confinement: The Court of Appeals in Tehran upheld the sentence of 5 years imprisonment for Marjan Ishaqi, the political science student at the University of Tehran and one of the detainees of the November 2019 protests. Ms. Ishaqi was previously sentenced to 1 year in prison as well as 4 years suspended imprisonment […]
Breathing in Confinement: Court of Appeals sentenced Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and head of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Kurdistan, to five years in prison. According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Saturday, February 13, 2021, the sentence of 10 years imprisonment for Zahra Mohammadi, was reduced to 5 years by the Court […]
Breathing in Confinement: The sentences of two women rights activists, Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi, were upheld by Tehran’s Court of Appeals. Hoda Amid, a lawyer and women’s rights activist, and Najmeh Vahedi, a women’s rights activist, were previously sentenced to 15 years in prison as well as two years band from social activities, by […]