Breathing in Confinement

Urmia prison
November 26th, 2020

Rebel in Urmia prison after a prisoner set himself on fire

Breathing in Confinement, November 25, 2020: On Wednesday, November 25, after an inmate caught himself on fire, hundreds of prisoners rioted in front of the guardian office in Urmia Prison. Soon after that, Special Forces entered the prison and beat the prisoners.

July 22nd, 2020

Two prisoners are executed in Urmia Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, July 21, 2020, the death sentences of two prisoners who had been arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges, were carried out.

December 12th, 2019

Two prisoners were executed in Urmia prison

Breathing in Confinement – On Wednesday, December 4, two prisoners accused of murder were executed in Urmia Prison. A day before the execution, they had been transferred to solitary confinement cells. According to the HRANA News Agency, at dawn of  Wednesday, December 4, two inmates were executed at Urmia Prison. HRANA  has verified the identities […]

November 23rd, 2019

Said Sangar and Kamal Hassan Ramadan, two political prisoners at Urmia prison, were transferred to an unknown location

Breathing in Confinement- on Thursday, November 21, Saeed Sangar and Kamal Hassan Ramadan, two political prisoners at Urmia Prison, were transferred to an unknown location.

October 30th, 2019

One year of uncertainty for an inmate of Urmia prison

Breathing in Confinement –  After one year of being in custody in Urmia prison, Salam Mardan a prisoner from Oshnavieh city is still in an uncertain situation. According to the Kurdish Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Salam Mardan, a citizen of Oshnavieh city, has been under custody in an uncertain situation over the last […]