March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Over the past two days, security agents in Marivan, Sanandaj and Saqez have detained more than ten citizens for participating in Nowruz ceremonies. According to Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the evening of Monday, March 22, 2021, security forces raided […]
March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Rasoul Hamzehpour, a Kurdish cleric from Piranshahr, was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the Special Clerical Court of Urmia. The cleric had been arrested in the fall of 2020 and was released on a 1 billion toman […]
Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: Khedr Ghaderi Azar and Shafi Mohammadnejad, two citizens of Piranshahr, were sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court. The two citizens had previously been detained by security forces in early November and released on bail in late December. According […]
Breating in Confinement: Without presenting a court order, security forces arrested a citizen from Bukan, named Sardar Mohammadpour. According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, a few days ago, a citizen from Bukan named “Sardar Mohammadpour” was arrested by security forces who failed to show a court order. […]
Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: Amnesty International called the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader’s decision to ban millions of Iranians from having access to the vital British and American-made coronavirus vaccines, a disregard for the right to life and the right to health.
Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: Being attacked and shot by the naval officers, ten people were injured in the village of Kargan.
Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, December 31, 2020, after 13 years in prison, Mohammad Hassan Rezaei, who was only 16 at the time of the alleged crime in 2007, was executed in Lakan Prison in Rasht.
Breathing in Confinement: On December 27, 2020, after appearing in Evin court, Shohreh Hosseini, a civil activist who had been detained since November 28, 2020, was transferred to the political women ward of Evin Prison. She is currently being held in Evin’s quarantine ward.
Breathing in Confinement, December 18, 2020: The lawyer, Mostafa Nili, announced the transfer of at least five prisoners to solitary confinement to serve their death sentences. The detainees were jailed on charges of Baqy (rebellion and defiance against the Imam and the Islamic ruler) and membership in opposition groups. Mr. Nili wrote on a tweet […]
Breathing in Confinement, December 17, 2020: A Baloch citizen named “Shahab Dashti” was summoned to the Konarak Intelligence Office. According to the Baloch activists’ campaign, on December 16, 2020, for the second time in a week, a Baloch citizen named “Shahab Dashti” from the city of Konarak was summoned to the city’s intelligence office. […]