4-September-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, September 3, at the end of her leave period, Giti Pourfazel, a retired lawyer and political prisoner, returned to Evin Prison. She was previously sent on leave from Evin Prison on July 25 this year, following contracting Covid-19. According to Breathing in Confinement, […]
23-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The examples of the ongoing human rights violations by the authorities of the Islamic Republic over the past month, included the executions, arrests, imprisonment, and floggings. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]
17-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, August 14, the political prisoner Soheila Hijab, was sent on a 7 day leave from Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The imprisoned lawyer Soheila Hijab, has been serving her five-year sentence in Qarchak prison in Varamin since June 2020. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, […]
11-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, August 11, Niloufar Bayani, an environmental activist, was sent on leave from Evin Prison, because of having Covid-19 disease. In recent weeks, at the women’s ward of Evin Prison, a number of inmates had developed severe Covid-19 symptoms and Ms. Bayani along with other […]
10-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the UNHCR’s pursuit of deportation of women political prisoners from Evin Prison to the other cities, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic responded in a letter dated Wednesday, August 4, 2021 by defending the transfer of Yasaman Ariani, Monireh Arabshahi, Mojgan Keshavarz, Atena Daemi, […]
20-July-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The retired teacher Zeinab Hamrang, who was being held in the quarantine section of women political ward in Evin Prison, was granted a sick leave. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, […]
20-July-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in the political women’s ward of Evin Prison, more prisoners got sick. Concurrently, the political prisoners Alieh Motalebzadeh, Sepideh Kashani and Zahra Jamali, were granted leave because of their deteriorating condition. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]
18-July-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: With four women political prisoners in Evin Prison having captured Covid-19, the situation in the ward, is chaotic and the lives of all prisoners are in imminent danger. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, four of […]
30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Farzaneh Ansarifar, the sister of Farzad Ansarifar, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprisings, was summoned to the Behbahan Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday, April 25. Earlier, in November 2020, she along with 70 other citizens had been summoned to the […]
27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The lawyer of Nazanin Zaghari, an Iranian-British citizen whose five-year sentence for espionage ended in March 2021, announced that his client has been sentenced to another year in prison as well as a one-year ban from leaving the country in her second case. According to “Breathing […]