February 16, 2024 News Category: Religious Minorities – Prisoners – “Breathing in Confinement”: on February 16, 2024, Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i citizen, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to nine years in prison, six years of deprivation from social rights, as well as a cash penalty. According to the “Breathing in Confinement,” the news […]
December 23, 2023 News group: protests – execution – ethnic minorities – students – women – suppression – 2022 uprising – teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran published a monthly report on human rights violations in Iran. According to this report, at least 105 prisoners have […]
November 5, 2023 News Categories: Execution – Religious Minorities Breathing in Confinement: In the early morning of Sunday, November 5, Ghasem Abesteh, a Sunni prisoner, was executed after enduring nearly 14 years of imprisonment in Ghezelhasar Prison in Karaj. According to ‘Breathing in Confinement,’ the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, today, […]
Ghezelhesar Prison: To be executed, Ghasem Abesteh transferred to Solitary Confinement November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Execution – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in a Confinement: On Thursday, November 1, Ghasem Abesteh, a Sunni prisoner who has been under a death sentence for over 14 years, was transferred to […]
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 […]
July 31, 2022 News group: religious minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On July 31, security forces raided the homes of at least 30 Baha’i citizens in the cities of Karaj, Tehran, Sari, Qazvin and Shiraz. The agents searched their homes and seized their electronic devices along with their other personal belongings. In addition, security […]
July 31, 2022 News group: ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 31, Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Shahriari, members of the Leaders Board of Baha’i Community in Iran, were arrested by security forces at their home in Tehran and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]
July 31, 2022 News group: Freedom of expression – Religious minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 31, 2022, security agents in Karaj searched the homes and workplaces of some Baha’i citizens and arrested two of them and took them to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]
July 30, 2022 News group: Freedom of expression – Religious minorities – Ethnic minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The number of political prisoners in Ward 8 of Evin Prison has increased to 120, while this ward lacks the minimum facilities, and the prisoners are denied the hygienic equipment as well as medical […]
July 27, 2022 Newsgroup: Protests – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Suppression – Sukhtbars- Breathing in Confinement: Widespread violations of human rights with massive arrests and violent treatment of protesting citizens continued in the past month. In particular a significant intensification of repressive acts of the so called “Gasht Ershad” (police agents who arrest […]