25-July-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 25, Giti Pourfazel, a retired lawyer and political prisoner, was granted a leave on bail. She, after having tested positive for Covid-19, had been transferred to quarantine ward along with some other prisoners with symptoms of the disease. According to “Breathing in […]
24-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, July 24, 2021, the people of Tabriz rallied in support of the protests in Khuzestan. Despite the heavy presence of security forces and counter-insurgency guards in the streets, massive rallies was held. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]
22-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: With continuation of the protests in Khuzestan against water crisis and their spreads to at least 30 cities in the country, the Iranian Writers’ Association in a statement condemned the repression of protesting people, and called for their sufferings to be reflected: “We call on all of the […]
21-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: With continuation of the uprisings of people in Khuzestan against the water crisis, a number of artists, celebrities, athletes as well as civil activists reacted to the oppression of the people in Khuzestan province by condemning it. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the […]
16-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After 77 days in detention, Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprisings, called his family to let them know that he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison as well as 2 years and 6 […]
16-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 15, 2021, people in various cities of Khuzestan province, widely protested against the water shortage. From Thursday evening, people in the cities of Susangard, Bandar Mahshahr, Ahvaz, Abadan, Bostan, Hamidiyeh, Kuy-e Zaviyeh and Dasht-e Azadegan took to the streets to protest. Heavy presence of […]
9-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: Over 1600 elevator accidents have occurred in the past 6 days in Tehran, due to recurrent power cuts. Jalal Maleki, the spokesman for the Fire Department of Tehran Municipality, said that because of the repeated power cuts, the past six days were “unprecedented in the fire department’s […]
7-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Seventy days after his arrest, Manouchehr Bakhtiari, a civil activist and the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 nationwide uprisings, is still being held in detention, while no information has been released on his condition. Manouchehr Bakhtiari was arrested on April […]
7-July-2021 Newsgroup: Children – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 4, in the village of Down Gozani , a 7-year-old girl who just wanted to drink water from a Hutag drowned and lost her life. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Tayyebeh Pilehvar, daughter of […]
7-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals in Tehran upheld the sentence of one year in prison for Mahan Jalaldoost, a citizen living in Tehran. Mr. Jalaldoost had previously been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran to 1 year in prison as well as […]