Breathing in Confinement November 24, 2020: Despite a 70% rupture of his right eardrum, and while suffering from severe ear pain and infection, Saeed Eghbali, a political prisoner in Evin, has been deprived of medical care. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, despite the […]
Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International calls for the release of the human rights lawyer, Amir Salar Davoodi.
Breathing in Confinement: Arsham Rezaei, a civil activist, and his nephew, Vahid Rezaei were arrested by security forces at Arsham’s home on November 17, 2020. Arsham had previously been arrested in January 2018 to be later released on bail awaiting the trial to be finalized.
Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International called for the immediate release of Saba Kurd Afshari.
Breathing in Confinement: An inmate named Farhad Vosoughi, died under torture in Khorramabad Prison.
Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday November 15, political prisoner Gholamreza Avanloo and an ordinary prisoner named Mohammad Reza Jahanbani, son of Ali, were transferred from Hall 3, Ward 4 of Evin Prison to the quarantine ward of the prison’s medical center.
Breathing in Confinement: Saha Mortezaei, a student activist and former secretary of Tehran University Trade Union Council, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
Breathing in Confinement: Yasaman Ariani, a 23-year-old civil activist has caught Covid-19 in Kachuei Prison in Karaj. On October 21, 2020, for unknown reasons, Yasaman Ariani and her mother Monireh Arabshahi were transferred from Evin Prison to Kachuei Prison in Karaj.
Breathing in Confinement: Female prisoners in Hamadan Central Prison are being harassed and tortured by prison guards.
Breathing in Confinement: As a result of their own and their colleagues’ determination and standing in solidarity, the fired workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory returned back to work.