Breathing in Confinement

Narges Mohammadi
January 2nd, 2020

In a letter, twelve female prisoners in Evin Prison protest the crackdown in the prison ward

Breathing in Confinement – In the wake of the transfer of Narges Mohammadi and Athena Daemi from the women’s ward of Evin prison, their fellow inmates protested this illegal decision.

December 29th, 2019

Narges Mohammadi was beaten and transferred to Zanjan prison

Breathing in Confinement – Narges Mohammadi Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), has been transferred to Zanjan prison. She was among the women who had been on a sit-in at Evin prison protesting the killing of protesters in November. She along with 7 other inmates had announced in a letter on […]

December 27th, 2019

Prosecution rejected the conditional release of Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi

Breathing in Confinement: Mahmoud Behzadi Rad, lawyer of Nazanin Zagheri- a British citizen, and Narges Mohammadi- Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), said the prosecution has rejected his client’s request for parole and furlough. In an interview with IRNA, he said that his clients are legally subject to parole, but the […]

October 15th, 2019

Statement of political prisoners in Evin prison in support of Nazanin Zaghari

Breathing in Confinement _ ” Over the last many years, the persistence of the imposed separations and pressures on women prisoners, rather than being an effective factor to break them, has been clear evidence of their resistance and steadfastness as well as their determination in their struggle.”

August 19th, 2019

Imprisoned Women’s Weekly Visit with Their Children Canceled

Breathing in Confinement – The weekly prison visit of imprisoned women in Evin prison with their children has been terminated. According to the reports obtained by Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (PRLI), the prisoners of women’s ward of Evin prison have been informed on August 19, 2019 that their weekly visits with their children will […]

August 17th, 2019

The Newest List of Female Political Prisoners in Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – The number of political prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin prison have reached to 41 after a number of prisoners were transferred to this ward from Qarchak prison of Varamin. Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (PRLI) published the newest list of these prisoners and their executable sentences: