Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
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.

December 29th, 2019

Narges Mohammadi was beaten and transferred to Zanjan prison

Breathing in Confinement – Narges Mohammadi Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), has been transferred to Zanjan prison. She was among the women who had been on a sit-in at Evin prison protesting the killing of protesters in November. She along with 7 other inmates had announced in a letter on […]

December 27th, 2019

Arrest of Arash Ganji, a member of the Iranian Writers’ Association

Breathing in Confinement: Sunday, December 22, Arash Ganji, a translator and secretary of the Iranian Writers’ Association, being arrested by security forces in Tehran was taken to an unknown location. The officers searched his home during the arrest and confiscated some of his personal belongings.

December 27th, 2019

Prosecution rejected the conditional release of Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi

Breathing in Confinement: Mahmoud Behzadi Rad, lawyer of Nazanin Zagheri- a British citizen, and Narges Mohammadi- Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), said the prosecution has rejected his client’s request for parole and furlough. In an interview with IRNA, he said that his clients are legally subject to parole, but the […]

December 27th, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of November uprising in Yalda night at Rajaee Shahr Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Political prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison commemorated the martyrs of the November uprising in Yalda Night.

December 26th, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of November uprising at Political Women Ward in Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – On Saturday, December 21, 2019, women political prisoners in Evin Prison turned celebration Yalda night into a commemoration ceremony for the martyrs of the November uprising. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the ceremony began with a group anthem singing followed by recitation […]

December 23rd, 2019

Fourteen Dervish prisoners are in dangerous condition on their Forty-eighth day of hunger strike

Breathing in Confinement: Physical conditions of 14 Gonabadi Dervish inmates who have been on hunger strike since 48 days in Great Tehran and other cities prisons, have been reported as seriously dangerous. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, fourteen dervish prisoners who have been on hunger strike […]