Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
October 7th, 2022

The labor activist Neda Naji arrested in Tehran

October 3, 2022 News group: protests – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On the evening of Sunday, October 2, the labor activist and former political prisoner, Neda Naji,  was arrested by security agents in Tehran. According to  “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on the evening of Sunday, […]

September 19th, 2022

Leila Mirghafari was temporarily released on bail

September 18, 2022 News group: protests – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Leila Mirghafari, a civil activist who was arrested in front of Kasra Hospital during protests against the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini , was released on bail. She had been arrested on September 16, in front of Kasra hospital following being […]

September 16th, 2022

Leila Hosseinzadeh transferred to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz

September 14, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: According to her family, Leila Hosseinzadeh, a detained university student and former political prisoner, has been transferred to the general ward of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

September 15th, 2022

To serve her sentence, Zhila Shahriari arrested and transferred to Evin prison 

September 12, 2022 News group: religious minorities – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Zhila Shahriari, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested as per the order of a judge in branch 1 of the Evin prison’s Prosecution Office. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

September 6th, 2022

The political prisoner incarcerated in Rajaei Shahr prison in Karaj, Arash Nasri, attempted suicide

  September 2, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, September 2, 2022, Arash Nasri, a political prisoner imprisoned in Rajaei Shahr prison, attempted suicide by taking pills. Following resuscitation however, he was transferred to solitary confinement.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

September 3rd, 2022

After escalating protests against the 3-month ban on family visits for Maryam Akbari Monfared, the sentence was reduced to 3 weeks

September 2, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the widespread condemnation of the sentence issued by Semnan Prison’s disciplinary council against Maryam Akbari Monfared, on Friday, September 2, 2022, she received a written notification saying that the sentence was reduced to 3 weeks. While the prison authorities had verbally stated […]

September 3rd, 2022

In a new verdict, eight political prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment and flogging 

August 30, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On August 29, 2022, eight political prisoners imprisoned in Evin prison were tried by Branch 101 of the General Court of Fashafoyeh district in Tehran and each were sentenced to 11 months and 15 days of imprisonment as well as 50 lashes. On October 8, 2021, […]

September 3rd, 2022

Maryam Akbari Monfared imprisoned in Semnan Prison is banned from visiting her family for 3 months

August 30, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, August 30, the authorities of Semnan Prison banned the political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, from visiting her family for 3 months. Maryam Akbari who is serving the 13th year of her sentence, was also beaten last week by the head of […]

August 28th, 2022

Kasri Nouri was transferred from Adel Abad prison to an unknown location

August 27, 2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, August 27, Kasra Nouri, a master’s student in human rights and a Gonabadi Dervish imprisoned in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz, was transferred from the political ward of this prison to an “unknown location”. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the […]

August 7th, 2022

The flames of August still burns our hearts; A letter from Maryam Akbari Monfared from Semnan prison on the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in the summer of 1988

  August 7, 2022 News group: freedom of expression – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a letter on the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in Semnan prison, expressed her satisfaction with the conviction of Hamid Nouri, one of the perpetrators of the […]