Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
December 2nd, 2021

Arash Johari’s mother seeks for help

1-December-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The family of Arash Johari, a labor activist, reported that about two months ago, Mr. Al-Ghaazi Mehr, the then Tehran Prosecutor, in a metting with some political prisoners, including Mr. Johari, in Evin Prison, promised Arash that his leave would be approved and told him to ask his […]

December 1st, 2021

Retired teacher Nosrat Beheshti released on bail

1-December-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Nosrat Beheshti, a retired teacher and political activist, was released from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, on bail of one billion Tomans. Ms. Beheshti had been arrested on August 4, 2021. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]

November 25th, 2021

A report on the violations of human rights in Iran in the past one month (October 20 – November 20, 2021)

23-November-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Over the past one month, systematic violations of human rights in Iran have continued. Execution, death sentence, arrest, imprisonment, and flogging were examples of human rights violations committed by the authorities of the Islamic Republic. The government’s failure in providing Covid-19 vaccine […]

November 25th, 2021

Rajai Shahr Prison; Abolhassan Montazer is in critical condition while his forensic file is missing

  24-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Abolhassan Montazer, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison, is being held in critical condition with no medical care. He suffers from several incurable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, bone lesion in his spine, as well as a skin disease named psoriasis. However, his forensic record, […]

November 25th, 2021

Reza Vaseghi returned to Ardabil prison after completing his leave

25-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Reza Vaseghi, a civil activist from Azerbaijan-Iran, who is serving his two-year sentence in Ardabil Prison, returned to prison on Wednesday, November 24, at the end of his leave.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, yesterday, Wednesday, November […]

November 22nd, 2021

Seven months in prison for the union activist Latif Rouzikhah

  22-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Latif Rouzikhah, a member of the board of directors of the East Azarbaijan Teachers’ Association, was sentenced to seven months in prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League Iran, Latif Rouzikhah, a trade union activist and a member of the […]

November 22nd, 2021

Asal Mohammadi released on bail

  22-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Today, Monday, November 22, 2021, Asal Mohammadi was temporarily released from Evin Prison on bail. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, earlier today, Asal Mohammadi was released from Evin Prison. Asal Mohammadi and Hirad Pirbdaghi had been arrested […]

November 21st, 2021

Houshamand Alipour goes on a hunger strike in Sanandaj prison

November 20, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Houshmand Alipour, a political prisoner in Sanandaj, has been on a hunger strike since November 16, 2021, to protest the interference of the Intelligence  Office in his case, and as well, the rejection of his request for leave and meeting with his family by the office. […]

November 20th, 2021

Wadud Asadi is still being held in a state of uncertainty in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence in Rasht

19-November-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Twenty days after his arrest, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist from East Azerbaijan Province, is still under interrogation in the custody of the Intelligence Office. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Wadud Asadi, a civil activist […]

November 18th, 2021

Soheila Hijab deported to Sanandaj Prison

  17-November-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, November 16, the political prisoner, Soheila Hijab, was deported from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Sanandaj Prison. The imprisoned lawyer, Ms. Hijab,  has been serving her five-year sentence in Qarchak prison in Varamin since June 2020.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the […]