Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
December 28th, 2020

Evin prison’s guards beat the political prisoners Hamid Manafi and Afshin Shahsavari

Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, December 25, 2020, two political prisoners, Hamid Manafi and Afshin Shahsavari, were beaten by Evin Prison guards and as a result, one of Hamid’s Manafi’s fingers was dislocated and Afshin Shahsavari’s scalp was broken. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the […]

December 26th, 2020

Unawareness of the fate of the Baloch prisoner, Hamzeh Bilrani

Breathing in Confinement, December 26, 2020: There is no information available on the fate of a Baluch citizen who was arrested in April this year.

December 21st, 2020

Rajai Shahr Prison; CCTV cameras in Hall 10, Ward 4, to monitor the political prisoners

  Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: Twenty three political prisoners are being held in in Rajai Shahr Prison, Hall 10, Ward 4, and 5 others in one of its sub-halls. These political prisoners often have long sentences and are considered the most long serving political prisoners.     The ward is constantly under the […]

December 21st, 2020

Transfer of Mohammad Benazadeh Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj; their release is sabotaged by the Ministry of Intelligence

Breathing in Confinement: October 19, 2020, in protest against being forced to wear prison uniforms and shackles, Mohammad Amirkhizi, Payam Shakiba, and Majid Asadi, three political prisoners in Evin Prison, refused to appear in the court. So the trial was held in the presence of their lawyers in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court, presided […]

December 15th, 2020

Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward, a High Security Ward

Thirty one women prisoners and political defendants are currently being held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison. This is a High Security Ward with at least 30 CCTV by which the prisoners are under constant control. In terms of medical care, hospital referrals, food and hygiene, especially following the outbreak of Covid-19, the ward’s […]

December 14th, 2020

Kamil Ahmadi sentenced to 8 years in prison

  Breathing in Confinement, December 14, 2020: Kamil Ahmadi, a writer, anthropologist and social problem researcher in Tehran, was sentenced to eight years in prison.     According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Kamil Ahmadi, on charges of “collaborating with a hostile government,” was sentenced to eight years in prison by […]

December 9th, 2020

To serve his sentence, Keyvan Samimi arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 8, 2020: On December 7, Keyvan Samimi, the editor-in-chief of Iran-e Farda magazine, who was among those detained on International Workers’ Day, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison after appearing in Sentence Implementation Unit of Evin Court.

December 9th, 2020

Saba Kordafshari is deported from Evin to Qarchak Prison in Varamin

Breathing in Confinement: December 9, 2020, as per the order of the prosecutor, Saba Kordafshari, a civil activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Rahela Ahmadi, Saba’s mother, asked the prison officials for transferting her along with her daughter. She however, was told that the prosecutor has ordered that Saba should […]

December 2nd, 2020

Two years of suspended imprisonment for Fouad Enayati

Breathing in Confinement, December 2, 2020: Fouad Enayati, a civil activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment by the Court of Appeals in Kurdistan.   According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Fouad Enayati, a civil activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment by the Court […]

December 2nd, 2020

Twenty five years prison sentence for 5 political prisoners in Urmia prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 1, 2020: Five Kurdish citizens from Urmia, imprisoned in the city’s central prison for one year, were sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison.