Breathing in Confinement

Women
February 12th, 2024

Court of Appeals confirms the one-year imprisonment sentence for Samaneh Asghari

February 11, 2024 News Group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, February 10, 2024, the one-year imprisonment sentence of Samaneh Asghari, a student of Kharazmi University, was confirmed by the Court of Appeals in Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Right League in Iran, Samaneh Asghari, […]

December 26th, 2023

Monthly report on human rights violations in Iran in December 2023

  December 23, 2023 News group: protests – execution – ethnic minorities – students – women – suppression – 2022 uprising – teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Statistics Center of the  Prisoners’  Rights League in Iran published a monthly report on human rights violations in Iran. According to this report, at least 105 prisoners have […]

December 21st, 2023

The execution sentence of Samira Sabzian was carried out

December 20, 2023 News group: execution – women – Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Wednesday, December 20, Samira Sabzian, Imprisoned in Qarchak prison, was hanged. Samira, a victim of childhood marriage, was arrested and sentenced to death for murdering her husband in 2015. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news outlet of Prisoners’ […]

November 16th, 2023

Kerman Prison; Execution of a Balochi Female Inmate

  November 15, 2023 News Group: Execution – Ethnic Minorities – Women – Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Wednesday, a Baloch female prisoner, sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was hanged in Kerman prison. According to ‘Breathing in Confinement,’ the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a Balochi female inmate who […]

November 15th, 2023

Kerman Prison; َA Baloch Female Prisoner Transferred to Solitary Confinement for Execution

  November 14, 2023 News Group: Execution – Ethnic Minorities – Women – Breathing in Confinement: On November 13th, a Baloch female prisoner, previously sentenced to death on drug related charges, was transferred to solitary confinement in Kerman Prison for the execution of her death sentence. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of […]

November 4th, 2023

Parastou Faridi, a Student at the University of Tabriz was arrested

November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Ethnic Minorities – Students – Women – Suppression Breathing in a Confinement: On Sunday, November 4, 2023, Parastou Faridi, a 20-year-old student from Tabriz and a resident of Tabriz, was detained by security forces at his home and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to ‘Breathing […]

October 28th, 2023

Armita Gharavand, a 16-year-old student died after 28 days in coma

  October 28, 2023 New group- Suppression- Women Breathing in Confinement: Armita Gharavand, a 16-year-old student from Tehran, who had fallen into a coma 28 days ago due to being beaten by “Moral Police in Tehran Metro station,” passed away on Saturday. According to the “Breathing in Confinement”, the ISNA news agency reported the death […]

August 18th, 2023

Security Forces detain seven Women’s Rights Activists

  August 17, 2023 News Group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 16, seven women’s rights activists named Matin Yazdani, Forough Sami’nia, Yasamin Hashdari, Jelveh Javaheri, Negin Rezai, and two sisters named Zohreh Dadres and Zahra Dadres were arrested in the cities of Rasht, Anzali, and Fooman and transferred to an […]

August 14th, 2023

Zahra Zehtabchi released after enduring ten years of imprisonment in Evin Prison

  August 9, 2023 News Category: Women – Prisoners – According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran,  on Tuesday, August 9, 2023, Zahra Zehtabchi, a political prisoner, was released from Evin Prison after enduring a ten-year imprisonment. Zahra Zehtabchi was arrested on October 15, 2013, along with […]

July 13th, 2023

Two new cases filed against Maryam Akbari Monfared in prison; The date of the hearing was determined

  July 11, 2023 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in detention for more than 13 years, is facing two new cases filed against her by security entities. Her court hearing date has been scheduled  t be held on July 19, 2023, in the Revolutionary Court. […]