Ms. Monireh Sulemani, representative of the Balochistan Peoples Party and UNPO, joined this panel to speak about her experiences interacting with the Indigenous mechanisms of the UN, notably the youth caucus for the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII).

External barriers for the empowerment of Baloch people are; the policies and practices based on the Iranian state's constitution. According to article 115 of the Iranian constitution, Baloch women cannot stand for presidency and any other high ranking posts because of their gender, ethnicity and religion.

Ms. Monireh Sulemani Will share her experiences from working through the Indigenous Youth Caucus to improve the indigenous youth's input to the UN

Presentation at the Side even on 18th session of the United Nation in Geneva on Nationalities in Iran which was jointly organized by The Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples " And Zagros Human Right Organisation

The report is based on over 100 interviews by Human Rights Watch in Balochistan in 2010 and 2011 with family members of "disappeared" people, former detainees, local human rights activists, lawyers, and witnesses to government abductions.

Rigi, from the repressed Baluch ethnic minority, regularly wrote on his blog about politics and Iran's treatment of the Baluch. He was convicted on charges of "acting against national security" and "propagating against the regime," according to local news websites. Rigi's online writings were used as evidence against him in the trial, local blogs reported.

Pakistan has stopped US drone flights from a remote airbase in the western province of Balochistan and ordered US personnel to vacate it, the defence minister has said.

BHRC (UK), Baloch Raji Zorembesh, Balochistan Liberation organisation, Balochistan People's Party and Balochistan United Front appeal to all Baloch and other human rights activists to attend the memorial reference to pay tribute to

Nasser Boladai, spokesperson for Balochistan Peoples Party, put forth the notion of institutional discrimination, which systematically violates the rights of the ethnic and religious groups in Iran.

His blog was called Balouchestan Sarfaraz [3] (Pride Baluchistan) [fa]. Rigi was arrested on 18 June, 2009, and is being held in appalling conditions in Karon prison, in Ahvaz. Torture was used to extract a confession.