Breathing in Confinement

Women
July 21st, 2020

Zahra Mohammadi receives 10 years sentence in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Zahra Mohammadi, a civil activist, and Kurdish language teacher was sentenced to ten years in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj.

June 29th, 2020

Zeinab Jalalian and Soheila Hijab are on hunger strike in Qarchak prison

Breathing in Confinement: Zeinab Jalalian and Soheila Hijab went on a hunger strike to protest the poor conditions in Qarchak Prison, and requesting for transfer.

June 11th, 2020

New case is filed against Atena Daemi in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Atena Daemi, a civil rights activist who is serving her fifth year in Evin Prison, was summoned this morning to Branch 2 of Evin Prison Court, for a new case filed against her.

June 11th, 2020

Maryam Akbari Monfared has been summoned to the court for a new case opened against her in her 11th year of imprisonment

Breathing in Confinement: To be charged in a new case, in her 11th year in prison, on June 10, 2020, the political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared was summoned to Moghaddas Court in Evin Prison.

May 20th, 2020

Fariba Adelkhah was sentenced to 6 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Fariba Adelkhah, a dual-national prisoner in Evin Prison, was sentenced to six years in prison by Tehran Revolutionary Court

April 23rd, 2020

Maryam Ebrahimvand is on hunger strike in Evin prison

Breathing in Confinement: To protest against her prolonged detention and her uncertain condition, Maryam Ebrahimvand, has been on a hunger strike at Evin Prison since Tuesday, April 22.

April 22nd, 2020

Atena Daemi refused to appear in the court

Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, April 18, 2020, Branch 24 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, headed by Mohammad Reza Amouzadeh, summoned the Civil Rights Activist, Atena Daemi, imprisoned in Evin, in relation to the case which has been opened against her while in prison. She, however, refused to appear in the court.

April 15th, 2020

Early release of the political prisoner, Neda Naji

Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner Neda Naji, who had been on leave since February 27, 2019, was notified of her early release.

January 5th, 2020

Sepideh Farahan was arrested and transferred to the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Sepideh Farahan, one of the detainees of the December 2017 protests was arrested on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, and was transferred to Evin Prison. According to the information received by Breathing in Confinement- the news organ of  Prisoners ‘Rights League in Iran,  yesterday January 1, to serve her 2 years sentence, […]

January 2nd, 2020

In a letter, twelve female prisoners in Evin Prison protest the crackdown in the prison ward

Breathing in Confinement – In the wake of the transfer of Narges Mohammadi and Athena Daemi from the women’s ward of Evin prison, their fellow inmates protested this illegal decision.