Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
September 1st, 2020

Catching Coronavirus infection and being transferred to Rajai Shahr prison; Behnam Moosivand’s concerning situation in prison

Shortly after being admitted to Evin Prison Medical Centre with the diagnosis of Covid-19, Behnam Moosivand, a political prisoner in Ward 8 of Evin Prison, was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Behnam Moosivand, having symptoms of the Corona-virus infection, was […]

August 10th, 2020

Detention of Fatemeh Davand; Amnesty International, condemning the detention of Fatemeh Davand, called for her release

Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 6, 2020, to serve her 3 years and 9 months sentence, for participating in the November 2019 protests, Fatemeh Davand was arrested and transferred to Urmia Prison.

August 2nd, 2020

High Commissioner for Human Rights expresses her concern about the threats against founder of Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society

Breathing in Confinement: On August 1, 2020, Ms. Michel Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed her concern about the growing pressure on and the threats against the Iranian NGO, and warned against the arrest of its founder. “Iranian authorities have pressured Imam Ali Popular Students’ Relief Society (IAPSRS) to change its structure, in what […]

July 25th, 2020

Shahnaz Akmali is released from prison

Breathing in Confinement: Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of Mostafa Karimbeigi, one of the killed protesters in 2009 uprisings, was released from prison. Mrs. Akmali had been sentenced to prison for seeking justice for her son.

July 23rd, 2020

Sudden transfer of Payam Shakiba, Mohammad Amirkhizi and Majid Asadi, political prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison to an unknown location

Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, Payam Shakiba, Mohammad Amirkhizi, and Majid Asadi, three political prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison, were transferred to an unknown location. So far, no information has been released about their situation.

July 1st, 2020

A report on execution of a prisoner in Khorramabad Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement: The death sentence of a prisoner who had previously been arrested on charges of murder was carried out on the morning of April 18, 2020, in Khorramabad Central Prison.

June 29th, 2020

Zeinab Jalalian and Soheila Hijab are on hunger strike in Qarchak prison

Breathing in Confinement: Zeinab Jalalian and Soheila Hijab went on a hunger strike to protest the poor conditions in Qarchak Prison, and requesting for transfer.

June 29th, 2020

To serve his 2 year sentence, Alireza Nouri, a member of the Iranian Writers Association, was arrested and transferred to Isfahan Prison

Breathing in Confinement: Alireza Nouri, a poet, writer and member of the Iranian Writers Association,  receiving a summon to serve his two-year sentence, was arrested on June 23, on his visit to Branch 5 of Isfahan Court and was transferred to Isfahan Prison.

June 22nd, 2020

Iraj Hatami, a security prisoner, catches Coronavirus infection in Rajai Shahr prison; the lives of political prisoners in Ward 10 are in danger

Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, June 15, 2020, Iraj Hatami, a security prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison, having symptoms of Coronavirus infection such as; fever and chills, severe headache, muscle pain and shortness of breath, visited a doctor at Prison’s Medical Center. Hatami after being diagnosed with Covid-19 was sent on leave.

June 14th, 2020

Corona virus threatens prisoners’ lives; Ali Younesi, a detained university student captured Covid-19

Breathing in Confinement: Ali Younesi, a computer engineering student at Sharif University of Technology, and a gold medalist in the International Astronomy Olympiad has captured Covid-19 in Ward 209 at Evin Prison.