Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
January 18th, 2021

A report on the situation of Golrokh Iraee in Evin Prison’s Ward 2 A

Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: More than 36 days after the political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, being beaten by Prison Guards was transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Ward 2A of Evin Prison, she is still being held in solitary confinement and is denied the right to visit or contact to her family.

January 13th, 2021

After eight years in prison, Latif Hassani’s sentence reduced to six years

Breathing in Confinement: On January 13, 2021, having completed his prison sentence, the political prisoner Latif Hassani, was released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. The Revolutionary Court had issued a nine-year prison sentence for the Turkish activist Latif Hassani, on charges of forming an illegal group. And according to Article 134 of the Constitution, […]

January 8th, 2021

Twenty years in prison without a day leave; description of the situation of Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On January 8, 2021, Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, entered his 21st year of imprisonment throughout which, he had been denied his basic rights including the right to leave.

January 8th, 2021

A report on the situation of political prisoner, Gholam Hossein Kalbi in his 21st year of imprisonment without a day leave

Breathing in Confinement, January 8, 2021: Twenty years ago, on January 8, 2001, Gholamhossein Kalbi was arrested in the City of Dezful.

December 31st, 2020

To serve his death sentence, a political prisoner in Sanandaj prison, transferred to solitary confinement

Breathing in Confinement, December 31, 2020: Heiman Mostafaei, a political prisoner sentenced to death in Sanandaj, was transferred to solitary confinement for execution. The political prisoner had received a sentence of 25 years in prison on a charge of “membership in an opposition party” as well as a death sentence for “participating in the murder […]

December 30th, 2020

A sentence of ten years in prison for Arash Ganji

Breathing in Confinement, December 30, 2020: Arash Ganji, translator, and secretary of the board of directors of the Iranian Writers Association, was sentenced by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran to 11 years in prison. The verdict was notified to his lawyer on Wednesday, December 30.

December 30th, 2020

Execution of a female prisoner in Sanandaj prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 28, 2020: The death sentence of a woman from the City of Qorveh, who in 2015, had been sentenced to death for murder, was carried out in Sanandaj Central Prison.

December 28th, 2020

Evin prison’s guards beat the political prisoners Hamid Manafi and Afshin Shahsavari

Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, December 25, 2020, two political prisoners, Hamid Manafi and Afshin Shahsavari, were beaten by Evin Prison guards and as a result, one of Hamid’s Manafi’s fingers was dislocated and Afshin Shahsavari’s scalp was broken. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the […]

December 26th, 2020

Unawareness of the fate of the Baloch prisoner, Hamzeh Bilrani

Breathing in Confinement, December 26, 2020: There is no information available on the fate of a Baluch citizen who was arrested in April this year.

December 21st, 2020

Rajai Shahr Prison; CCTV cameras in Hall 10, Ward 4, to monitor the political prisoners

  Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: Twenty three political prisoners are being held in in Rajai Shahr Prison, Hall 10, Ward 4, and 5 others in one of its sub-halls. These political prisoners often have long sentences and are considered the most long serving political prisoners.     The ward is constantly under the […]