9-February-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a new case filed against Shakila Monfared, a political prisoner in Qarchak prison in Varamin, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced her to two years and eight months in prison and paying a fine of ten million tomans. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news […]
8-February-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, after having tested positive for Covid-19, Bahareh Soleimani, a political prisoner in Evin Prison, was sent on sick leave. Ms. Soleimani’s Covid test came as positive on February 7, and afterward she was transferred to the […]
30-January-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 29, 2022, after appearing in the Sentence Enforcement Unit of the Evin Court, Shohreh Hosseini, a translator and social activist, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. She had previously been sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in […]
23-January-2022 Newsgroups: Executions – Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Workers and Guilds – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: In the past one month, while the repression intensified in Iran, the number of executions, detentions, and prison sentences increased. The widespread uprisings by various groups of people in protest of the poor […]
11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 11, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested after appearing in Branch 2 of the Evin Courthouse. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i […]
11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 10, Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners Rights League in Iran, Aliyeh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On January 8, 2022, the former political prisoner and student activist, Leila Hosseinzadeh was summoned to Evin Court’s Sentence Implementation Unit to serve her sentence. The summon states that she must appear within five days in Sentence Implementation Branch. […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, after appearing in the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher from Sanandaj, was arrested and transferred to the women’s ward of the Correctional Center to serve her five-year sentence. A number of civil […]
9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, at the end of the deadline stated in her summon, Shadi Gilak, the civil activist and wife of political prisoner Arash Johari was arrested at the Sentence Implementation Unit and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her […]
2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After her request for retrial was rejected by the Supreme Court, Zahra Mohammadi, a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher, was summoned to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. Zahra Mohammadi had been sentenced by Sanandaj Court to […]