Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
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 […]

December 23rd, 2019

Release from execution after 10 years of imprisonment in Mashhad

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, […]

December 23rd, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of the November uprising at Yalda Night – Evin Prison Political Women Ward

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.

December 12th, 2019

After 11 years in jail, Hassan Sishakhti was released from Evin Prison

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.

December 12th, 2019

Three prisoners in “Sistan and Baluchestan”, and “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari” saved from execution

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.

December 12th, 2019

Journalist Mohammad Mosaed released on bail

Breathing in Confinement – on Saturday, December 7, Mohammad Mosaed, who was arrested in Tehran during the November protests, was released on bail.

December 8th, 2019

After three weeks, Afshin Baymani is still on hunger strike

Breathing in Confinement: After 25 days, Afshin Baymani, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, is still on hunger strike.

December 8th, 2019

Sepideh Kashani was transferred to the female political prisoners’ ward of Evin prison

Breathing in Confinement – Last week, after spending 650 days in high-Security ward 209 at Evin prison, Sepideh Kashani, an environmental activist, was transferred to female political prisoners’ ward.