Breathing in Confinement

Women
July 27th, 2022

Report on human rights violations in Iran from June 20 to July 20, 2022; Execution of at least 49 prisoners

July 27, 2022 Newsgroup: Protests – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Suppression – Sukhtbars- Breathing in Confinement: Widespread violations of human rights with massive arrests and violent treatment of protesting citizens continued in the past month. In particular a significant intensification of repressive acts of the so called “Gasht Ershad” (police agents who arrest […]

July 25th, 2022

Political prisoners from Qarchak and Great Tehran Prisons transferred to Evin 

  July 25, 2022 News group: freedom of expression – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In recent days, female political prisoners have been transferred from Qarchak and male political prisoners from Great Tehran prison to Evin.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

July 25th, 2022

The Ministry of Intelligence is framing Maryam Akbari Monfared and intensifying pressure on her

July 25, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in Semnan Prison who is spending the 13th year of her sentence, has faced a new case filed against her by the Ministry of Intelligence for “propaganda against the regime”. The trial, which was scheduled for Tuesday, […]

July 17th, 2022

Suri Babaei Chegini was arrested in Qazvin; she went on hunger strike

July 15, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in a Confinement: Suri Babaei Chegini, a civil activist living in Qazvin, was arrested on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, following the raid of security agents on her brother’s house and transferred to Evin Prison. Later, on a phone call to her family, she announced her […]

July 15th, 2022

Melika Gharagozlu arrested by the security forces

July 14, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, Melika Gharagozlu, a student at Allameh Tabatabaei University, was arrested by the security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, July […]

July 11th, 2022

Nahid Shirpisheh, Pouya Bakhtiari’s mother, was arrested

July 11, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breath in a Confinement: On Monday, July 11, 2022, Nahid Shirpisheh, mother of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 protests, was arrested by the security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breath in a Confinement”, the news organ […]

July 2nd, 2022

To serve her sentence, Nasrin Javadi transferred to Evin Prison

July 2, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, July 2, 2022, Nasrin Javadi, a labor activist, was transferred to Evin Prison to serve her 5-year sentence. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Nasrin Javadi was […]

May 27th, 2022

A Report on Human Rights Violations, Work Accidents, and Protest Rallies in the Past Month (April 20 – May 20, 2022)

Breathing in Confinement: The Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (Breathing in Confinement) publishes a report on human rights violations, work accidents, and protests rallies over the past month (April 20-May 20, 2022). In the past month, the alarming increase in the issuance and execution of death sentences, along with the widespread […]

May 24th, 2022

Court of Appeals sentenced Hasti Amiri to one year in prison  

24-May-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Students – Women – Breathing in Confinement: Hasti Amiri, a student activist at Allameh Tabatabai University, was sentenced by the the Court of Appeals in Tehran to one year in prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in addition to […]

May 12th, 2022

Reyhaneh Taravati arrested by security forces in Tehran

10-May-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, May 9, Reyhaneh Taravati, a photographer and videographer, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, May 9, 2022, Reyhaneh Taravati, a photographer and […]