Breathing in Confinement

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August 16th, 2021

Ongoing detention of 5 lawyers; Human Rights Commission of Iran Central Bar Association issues a protesting statement

15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Breathing in Confinement: On August 14, 2021, five lawyers, along with two civil activists and a journalist, were arrested at the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights Office in Tehran. Two of them were released a few hours later, and five others are still in custody. […]

August 15th, 2021

Akbar Azad has been transferred to the quarantine ward of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary

13-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist , Akbar Azad, via a phone call informed his family that he had been transferred to the quarantine ward of the 2nd Hall of the Type 6 of Greater Tehran Prison, and that he would be held there for two weeks.   According to Breathing […]

August 15th, 2021

Arrest of Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei in Tabriz

13-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Two civil activists in Tabriz, Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei, were arrested by security forces on August 10, 2021.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei were arrested on August 10, 2021.   After […]

August 15th, 2021

Arrest of 7 lawyers and civil activists in Tehran; Three of detainees were released

14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, four lawyers and a journalist were arrested by security forces in Tehran and taken to an unknown location.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the lawyers, Arash Keikhosravi, Mostafa Nili, Mohammad Reza Faghihi and Leila […]

August 11th, 2021

Release of Habib Fadaei

11-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, August 11, Habib Fadaei, a citizen living in Junqan, who had been detained by security forces on Tuesday, was released.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Habib Fadaei, a citizen living in Junqan, was released on […]

August 10th, 2021

Covid-19 crisis in Iran; Head of the Islamic Republic’s Medical Council: Are those who issued statement on banning the import of vaccine, accountable today?

9-August-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: According to the official statistics released by the Covid-19 headquarter, yesterday an unprecedented number of over 40,000 new patients were registered and 542 people died because of the disease. This is despite the fact that the officials of Iran’s Medical Council have repeatedly stated that the real figures […]

August 10th, 2021

Two women in Urmia were run over because of wearing “bad hijab”

9-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, August 8, the driver of a Peugeot Pars car in Urmia, after objecting two women’s type of clothing, ran over them by his car. And this was done under the pretext of “Amr bi al-Maruf wa’l-Nahy an al-Munkar,” meaning advising people to do good and avoid […]

August 2nd, 2021

An updated report on the situation of 30 protesters arrested in Tabriz

1-August-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: More than a week after the protest rallies held in Tabriz in support of the uprisings in Khuzestan, some of the activists and protesters are still in the custody of the security forces. On July 24, 2021, despite the heavy presence of counterinsurgency forces and widespread repression, the […]

July 30th, 2021

Mehdi Shojaei arrested by security forces in Behbahan

30-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Shojaei, a resident of the village of Greater Kurdistan in the city of Behbahan, was arrested by security forces on Thursday, July 29, and taken to an unknown location.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, […]

July 29th, 2021

Release of Touraj Amini from Karaj Central Prison

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Tooraj Amini, a writer and a Baha’i researcher, was released from Karaj Central Prison on Wednesday, July 28, after completing his prison sentence. He had previously been sentenced to one year in prison as well as two years in exile by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj. His sentence […]