Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: More than 36 days after the political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, being beaten by Prison Guards was transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Ward 2A of Evin Prison, she is still being held in solitary confinement and is denied the right to visit or contact to her family.
Breathing in Confinement, December 28, 2020: The death sentence of a woman from the City of Qorveh, who in 2015, had been sentenced to death for murder, was carried out in Sanandaj Central Prison.
Thirty one women prisoners and political defendants are currently being held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison. This is a High Security Ward with at least 30 CCTV by which the prisoners are under constant control. In terms of medical care, hospital referrals, food and hygiene, especially following the outbreak of Covid-19, the ward’s […]
Breathing in Confinement: December 9, 2020, as per the order of the prosecutor, Saba Kordafshari, a civil activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Rahela Ahmadi, Saba’s mother, asked the prison officials for transferting her along with her daughter. She however, was told that the prosecutor has ordered that Saba should […]
Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: A female worker in Shahroud Cardboard Box Factory, lost her life as a result of workplace safety failings.
Breathing in Confinement: Amnesty International called for the immediate release of Saba Kurd Afshari.
Breathing in Confinement: Yasaman Ariani, a 23-year-old civil activist has caught Covid-19 in Kachuei Prison in Karaj. On October 21, 2020, for unknown reasons, Yasaman Ariani and her mother Monireh Arabshahi were transferred from Evin Prison to Kachuei Prison in Karaj.
Breathing in Confinement: Female prisoners in Hamadan Central Prison are being harassed and tortured by prison guards.
Breathing in Confinement: On October 12, 2020, after appearing at Evin Prison Prosecutor’s Office, Ashraf Nafari, a mathematics student at Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran, and Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, were arrested and transferred to Evin Prison. On April 26, 2020, Ms. Nafri, a student at Khajeh Nasir University, […]
Breathing in Confinement: On October 5, 2020, Elham Barmaki was transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The transfer happened despite the fact that her parole had been approved, and therefore, she should have already been released.