Breathing in Confinement

religious minorities
August 3rd, 2014

Christian prisoners under pressure at Central Prison of Karaj

Breathing in Confinement – The imprisoned Christians are under extra pressure in Central Prison of Karaj. According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, Behnam Irani, Hossein Saketi (Stefan), Reza Rabbani (Silas) and Abdolreza Ali Haghnejad (Mathias) are the 4 imprisoned Christians at the Central Prison of Karaj.

July 22nd, 2014

4 death row Sunni prisoners end their hunger strike after 39 days

Breathing in Confinement – 4 Sunni prisoners on death row who had been on hunger strike since 13th June, have been returned back to Rajai Shahr prison on 21st July and they ended their hunger strike. According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, Hamed Ahmadi, Kamal Molaei, Jamshid Dehghani and Jahangir Dehghani went on […]

June 17th, 2014

Iran: Four death row prisoners at imminent risk amid reports of secret executions

Amnesty International: Four Sunni prisoners on death row, Hamed Ahmadi, Jahangir Dehghani, Jamshid Dehghani and Kamal Molaee, have been transferred to solitary confinement and are scheduled to be executed on Sunday 15 June on the charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh), only days after reports of the secret execution of Ali Chebieshat and Sayed Khaled […]