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 […]
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.
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 […]
Breathing in Confinement – Political prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison commemorated the martyrs of the November uprising in Yalda Night.
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 […]
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 […]
Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s relatives, a prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death for murder was saved from execution. According to Khorasan Daily, after 10 years in jail, a prisoner in Mashhad was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s family. The case opened on September 28, 2010, […]
Breathing in Confinement – Women political prisoners in Evin Prison announced in a statement that they would turn Yalda’s night into a commemoration of the martyrs of the November uprising.
Breathing in Confinement – Late last week, after being kept in jail for 11 years, the political prisoner Hassan Sishakhti was released from prison. He had been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in 2010. His sentence, however, was eventually reduced to life in prison.
Breathing in Confinement – Three prisoners sentenced to death in separate cases in the counties of Koohrang, Farsan, and Dalgan, being pardoned by the victims’ families, survived from the execution.