Breathing in Confinement

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July 25th, 2020

The detention custody of Sharmin Meymandinejad, the founder of the Imam Ali Society, was extended

Breathing in Confinement: The detention custody of Sharmin Meymandinejad, the founder of Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society, was extended. He has been in detention since June 21, 2020

July 25th, 2020

The detention custody of Sharmin Meymandinejad, the founder of the Imam Ali Society, was extended

Breathing in Confinement: The detention custody of Sharmin Meymandinejad, the founder of Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society, was extended. He has been in detention since June 21, 2020.

May 25th, 2020

Appeals court upheld the sentence of 25-year in prison for seven trade union activist teachers in North Khorasan

Breathing in Confinement, May 20, 2020: The Court of Appeals in North Khorasan, upheld the sentence of 25 years in prison for seven activists and directors of North Khorasan Teachers’ Union.

February 20th, 2020

Family visit is denied for Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner serving her 11th year in Evin Prison, was denied a family visit for three weeks.

February 17th, 2020

Election boycott; statement by eight political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement – Eight political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison in a statement condemned the Islamic Republic’s parliamentary elections. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, eight political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison releasing a statement on boycott of the forthcoming election, announced that “Participating in […]

February 12th, 2020

Security forces violently raid on the houses of a number of the 1980s prisoners in Tabriz

Breathing in Confinement- On Saturday, February 8, 2020, the security forces of Tabriz intelligence office violently raided the houses of a number of former political prisoners and transferred them to an unknown location.

January 6th, 2020

In 2019, 274 death sentences have been carried out in Iran under the rule of the Islamic Republic

Breathing in Confinement – According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights in Iran, over the past year, 274 inmates have faced the death penalty in prisons and occasionally in public. In spite of widespread international protests, the Islamic Republic’s authorities have not taken any action to improve the human rights situation in Iran. […]

December 8th, 2019

Student suicide at Chamran University in Ahvaz

Breathing in Confinement – Two students at the University of Chamran in the City of Ahvaz lost their lives: an 18-year-old student who was found hanged to death and a 19-year-old student whose body was found in a semi-finished building. “Distrust of the future and lack of enthusiasm has become a trend among students across […]

September 26th, 2019

Three political prisoners were transferred to political women ward of Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Three political prisoners, Giti Pour Fazel, Shahla Entesari and Shahla Jahanbin were transferred last night to the political women ward of Evin prison. The three political activists, after a month of being kept in detention and under interrogation, were transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison on September 22. Giti […]

March 14th, 2016

A Civilian Killed by the Police in Bonab

Breathing in Confinement – The Police shot straight to a car in Bonab killing one of its passengers. According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, police officers in Bonab fired to a car carrying Indian peanuts, and as a result, one of its passengers was shot in the head and died.