Breathing in Confinement: December 9, 2020, as per the order of the prosecutor, Saba Kordafshari, a civil activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Rahela Ahmadi, Saba’s mother, asked the prison officials for transferting her along with her daughter. She however, was told that the prosecutor has ordered that Saba should […]
Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: A female worker in Shahroud Cardboard Box Factory, lost her life as a result of workplace safety failings.
Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International called for the immediate release of Saba Kurd Afshari.
Breathing in Confinement: Yasaman Ariani, a 23-year-old civil activist has caught Covid-19 in Kachuei Prison in Karaj. On October 21, 2020, for unknown reasons, Yasaman Ariani and her mother Monireh Arabshahi were transferred from Evin Prison to Kachuei Prison in Karaj.
Breathing in Confinement: Female prisoners in Hamadan Central Prison are being harassed and tortured by prison guards.
Breathing in Confinement: On October 12, 2020, after appearing at Evin Prison Prosecutor’s Office, Ashraf Nafari, a mathematics student at Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran, and Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, were arrested and transferred to Evin Prison. On April 26, 2020, Ms. Nafri, a student at Khajeh Nasir University, […]
Breathing in Confinement: On October 5, 2020, Elham Barmaki was transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The transfer happened despite the fact that her parole had been approved, and therefore, she should have already been released.
Breathing in Confinement: Friday, September 18, 2020, the imprisoned movie director, Maryam Ebrahimvand, was transferred to the prison’s medical center due to drug poisoning. After a night in the medical center, she was returned back to the Evin’s political women ward. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]
Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 6, 2020, to serve her 3 years and 9 months sentence, for participating in the November 2019 protests, Fatemeh Davand was arrested and transferred to Urmia Prison.
Breathing in Confinement: Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of Mostafa Karimbeigi, one of the killed protesters in 2009 uprisings, was released from prison. Mrs. Akmali had been sentenced to prison for seeking justice for her son.