Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
April 4th, 2020

Amir Chamani is arrested after being summoned by a phone call

Breathing in Confinement: Amir Chamani, a political activist from Tabriz, was summoned and arrested on Thursday, April 2.

March 31st, 2020

Unrest in Adel Abad prison due to the concerns over corona-virus outbreaks

Breathing in Confinement: Following the unrests in Aligudarz, Tabriz, Saqqez and Hamadan prisons, the official reports indicate unrest in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz which led to 14 inmates being injured.

March 31st, 2020

Unrest in Hamadan prison due to concerns over Corona-virus outbreaks

Breathing in Confinement: Following the escalation of concerns around the COVID-19 outbreak, clashes took place in Hamadan prison at dawn on Sunday, March 29.

March 30th, 2020

Gun shooting in Tabriz Prison

Breathing in Confinement: Thursday, March 26, the security guards in Tabriz prison fired at inmates.

March 30th, 2020

Gunshot heard from Tabriz prison and the siege of the prison

Breathing in Confinement: According to the news received from Tabriz Prison, on Thursday, March 26, the prisoners rioted and clashed with the security guards.

January 15th, 2020

Arrest of Hojjat Emami, a teacher living in the County of Shahin Dezh

Breathing in Confinement – Hojjat Emami, an activist living in the County of Shahin Dezh, was arrested by security forces within the last few days.

January 10th, 2020

Seven political prisoners are sentenced to 11 years and 7 months in prison

Breathing in Confinement –  Seven people were sentenced to 11 years and 7 months in prison in the cities of Bukan and Paveh. Their names are Farhad Majidzadeh, Samko Maroufi, Shahoo Khezri, Hooman Feizi, Zhaka Ismailpour, Delshad Faraji and Honar Hosseini. On October 15, 2019, in a protest assembly, they had been separately detained and after the completion […]

January 5th, 2020

Jafar Ebrahimi was arrested and was transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement – Concurrently with the 40th day of November protesters’ martyrdom, Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher and a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was arrested on December 26 in Behesht-e-Sakineh cemetery in Karaj and was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

January 5th, 2020

Sepideh Farahan was arrested and transferred to the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Sepideh Farahan, one of the detainees of the December 2017 protests was arrested on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, and was transferred to Evin Prison. According to the information received by Breathing in Confinement- the news organ of  Prisoners ‘Rights League in Iran,  yesterday January 1, to serve her 2 years sentence, […]

January 2nd, 2020

In a letter, twelve female prisoners in Evin Prison protest the crackdown in the prison ward

Breathing in Confinement – In the wake of the transfer of Narges Mohammadi and Athena Daemi from the women’s ward of Evin prison, their fellow inmates protested this illegal decision.