Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
August 18th, 2023

Security Forces detain seven Women’s Rights Activists

  August 17, 2023 News Group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 16, seven women’s rights activists named Matin Yazdani, Forough Sami’nia, Yasamin Hashdari, Jelveh Javaheri, Negin Rezai, and two sisters named Zohreh Dadres and Zahra Dadres were arrested in the cities of Rasht, Anzali, and Fooman and transferred to an […]

August 14th, 2023

The horrible situation of political prisoners transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison to Evin

  August 7, 2023 News Category: Suppression – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: Political prisoners transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj to Evin Prison are being held in Halls 9 and 10 of Ward 8 of Evin Prison in inhumane and appalling conditions without the least amenities and disregarding the law on segregation […]

August 14th, 2023

Zahra Zehtabchi released after enduring ten years of imprisonment in Evin Prison

  August 9, 2023 News Category: Women – Prisoners – According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran,  on Tuesday, August 9, 2023, Zahra Zehtabchi, a political prisoner, was released from Evin Prison after enduring a ten-year imprisonment. Zahra Zehtabchi was arrested on October 15, 2013, along with […]

July 5th, 2023

The Uprising of 2019; Supreme Court upholds the death sentence of Abbas Drees 

July 4, 2023 News group: protests – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The death sentence of Abbas Drees, one of the detainees of the November 2019 uprising in Mahshahr, was upheld by the Supreme Court. Abbas Drees, one of the witnesses of the massacre in Mahshahr’s canebrake, was sentenced to death on charge of “moharebeh”. […]

April 25th, 2023

Nationwide uprising; Samaneh Asghari released from Qarchak prison in Varamin

  April 24, 2023 News group: Prisoners – Uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, April 24, 2023, Samaneh Asghari, a student of industrial engineering at Kharazmi University, was released from Qarchak prison in Varamin.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, April […]

April 25th, 2023

Samaneh Norouzmoradi arrested by the security forces in Tehran

April 24, 2023 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, April 24, 2023, political activist, Samaneh Norouzmoradi was arrested by the security forces in Tehran and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the  Prisoners’  Rights League in Iran, on Monday, April 24, 2023, Samaneh Norouzmoradi was […]

April 12th, 2023

Mohammad Najafi was sentenced to three years in prison as well as paying a fine

  April 11, 2023 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The lawyer, Mohammad Najafi, was sentenced to three years in prison and paying a fine by the Criminal Court 2 in Arak as well as the  City’s Revolutionary Court. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad […]

April 9th, 2023

Statistical report on human rights violations in Iran in year 1401 (March 20, 2022, to March 20, 2023)

Introduction: The year 1401 ended while the second half of it coincided with massive and nationwide uprisings against the Islamic Republic. During the uprisings, the repressive forces resorted to violent suppression and killed at least 700 protesters of who at least 70 were children. According to the authorities of the Islamic Republic, at least 80,000 […]

March 11th, 2023

Arjang Davoudi released from Rajaeishahr prison in Karaj

    March 5, 2023 Newsgroup:  Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, March 4, 2023, Arjang Davoudi, a political prisoner, was released from Rajaeishahr Prison in Karaj.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Saturday, March 4, 2023, Arjang Davoudi was released from Rajaeishahr […]

March 4th, 2023

After their release from prison, three political prisoners in Rajaeeshahr prison were beaten before the execution of their deportation sentence; Vahid Bani Amerian went unconscious

  February 28, 2023 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Suppression – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, February 25, 2023, after being released from prison, Vahid Bani Amerian, Pooya Qobadi, and Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, three political prisoners in Rajaeeshahr prison, were transferred to the cities where they were sentenced to be exiled to. Their transfer was with beating […]