Breathing in Confinement

Women
February 13th, 2023

Twelve female political prisoners released from prison

February 8, 2023 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Iran Uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: Saba Kardaafshari, Fariba Asadi, Shahreh Hosseini, Golareh Abbasi, Zahra Safaei, Prasto Moieni, Alia Motallebzadeh, Aram Gohari, Hasti Amiri, Farangis Mazloum, Asal Mohammadi and Negin Bagheri were released from prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoner’ […]

January 5th, 2023

Nationwide uprising: Court of Appeal upholds Pegah Sadat Fakhrai’s verdict     2-January-2023 News group: Iran’s uprising – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Pegah Sadat Fakhrai’s verdict was upheld by the appeals court. Ms. Fakhraei is one of the detainees during the nationwide uprising. She was sentenced by Tehran Revolutionary Court to 5 […]

January 1st, 2023

On the eve of her fourteenth year in prison; A letter from Maryam Akbari Monfared from Semnan Prison

December 29, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner imprisoned in Semnan prison, on the eve of  her 14th year of incarceration, writes a letter about her suffering and pain during these years. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the  Prisoners’  Rights League […]

December 7th, 2022

Nationwide uprising; Sara Shamsaei sentenced to 6 years in prison

December 6, 2022 News group: protests – women – prisoners Breathing in Confinement: Sara Shamsaei, one of the detained protesters in the nationwide uprising, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in […]

September 20th, 2022

The third day of nationwide protest and strike in Iran following the murder of Mahsa Amini

September 20, 2022 Newsgroup: Protests – Women – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, September 19, 2022, for the third day in a row, people in various cities in Iran continued their protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini by the police forces of Tehran’s “moral patrol”. Concurrently, on Monday morning, most cities of Kurdistan went […]

September 19th, 2022

Sanandaj; People’s protests are ongoing after the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini

September 17, 2022 News group: freedom of speech – protests – women – Breathing in Confinement: On September 17, the people of Sanandaj protested against the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini and stood up against the Police Special Forces.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

September 19th, 2022

Leila Mirghafari was temporarily released on bail

September 18, 2022 News group: protests – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Leila Mirghafari, a civil activist who was arrested in front of Kasra Hospital during protests against the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini , was released on bail. She had been arrested on September 16, in front of Kasra hospital following being […]

September 16th, 2022

Leila Hosseinzadeh transferred to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz

September 14, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: According to her family, Leila Hosseinzadeh, a detained university student and former political prisoner, has been transferred to the general ward of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

September 15th, 2022

To serve her sentence, Zhila Shahriari arrested and transferred to Evin prison 

September 12, 2022 News group: religious minorities – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Zhila Shahriari, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested as per the order of a judge in branch 1 of the Evin prison’s Prosecution Office. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

September 3rd, 2022

Maryam Akbari Monfared imprisoned in Semnan Prison is banned from visiting her family for 3 months

August 30, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, August 30, the authorities of Semnan Prison banned the political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, from visiting her family for 3 months. Maryam Akbari who is serving the 13th year of her sentence, was also beaten last week by the head of […]