Appeal: Stop Systematic Violation Of Basic Human Rights Of Baloch Prisoners In Iran

press-releases Appeal: stop systematic violation of basic human rights of Baloch prisoners in Iran <img style="float: left;" title="BPP_LogoTra.gif" src="/images/69.gif" alt="BPP_LogoTra.gif" width="60" height="58" />The unexpected victory of Mr Ahamadinejad in the controversial presidential election in Iran led to massive and popular protests and demonstrations. The response of the government was crackdown and massive arrests of protesters and opposition politicians. Many of the detainees have been imprisoned for months without having any access to attorneys. They have been tortured, raped and forced to confess publicly in the state-controlled mass media. This wide spread unlawful violation of the human rights of the prisoners has been noted by the United Nations Human Rights Council as well as other human rights organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and …. which have raised serious concerns about the systematic abuse of human rights of the prisoners by the Iranian security and judicial authorities. Iran has a well known record of violating human rights and getting forced confessions under harsh and inhuman tortures. The human rights situation of prisoners in the province of Balochistan where the prisoners are tortured to death without having access to legal assistance or access to their families before execution is even worse and beyond of one can imagine. Latest last week a Baloch tribal chief was executed who had been made blind due to tortures in the prison. On Tuesday February 23rd the Iranian government announced the arrest of Abdul Malek Rigi, head of “Jondollah” organization.  Mr. Rigi was shown while being taken out of a plane and later on, the ministry of intelligence announced that Mr. Rigi had been captured aboard a foreign airliner which had been forced by Iranian war planes to land in the Iranian territory. The minister also said that they were expecting massive confessions by Rigi which clearly indicates that the minister had already planned barbaric tortures and forced confessions and TV shows on the state-run TV and media. These forced confessions are then used in the court against the prisoner to convict them. According to some news agencies Mr. Rigi has already made some confessions on TV. Balochistan Peoples Party (BPP) in several occasions has warned the International Community about the systematic violation of the basic human rights of Baloch prisoners in Iran. As for other Baloch prisoners we are also concerned about violation of the human rights of Mr. Rigi as a prisoner. Due to importance of the case of Mr. Rigi, we believe that the prosecution and hearings of Mr. Rigi’s court should be performed openly with access to defense attorneys (preferably neutral and foreign lawyers), and an independent and neutral jury. We also believe that the hearings should be overseen by representatives from the International Community, United Nations Human Rights Commission, the Amnesty International, the Human Rights watch and other human rights organizations. Human Rights Committee of Balochistan People’s Party

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The minister also said that they were expecting massive confessions by Rigi which clearly indicates that the minister had already planned barbaric tortures and forced confessions and TV shows on the state-run TV and media. 336 true

2010-02-26T12:41:52-07:00

Balochistan People’s Party Appeal: Stop Systematic Violation Of Basic Human Rights Of Baloch Prisoners In Iran

2010-03-11T07:46:43-07:00

press-releases <img style="float: left;" title="BPP_LogoTra.gif" src="/images/69.gif" alt="BPP_LogoTra.gif" width="60" height="58" /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: FA; mso-no-proof: yes;" lang="EN-GB">Twenty two Baloch teachers have been arrested in the Balochistan cities Sarawan and Zahidan in Iran. After their arrest on 11th and 12th August 2009, the teachers were transferred to unknown locations. Since then their families have been denied any information about the detainees. Furthermore, the families have been harrassed, threatened to be detained and asked to keep silent about the arrest of their loved ones.   The “Organization of Human Rights Activists of Iran”  has indintified some of the arrested teachres from Sarawan as Mr Behrooz Bahorzahi son of Pir Bakhsh, teacher of the  “12 Urdibahesht School” , Mr Ali Reza Chakari son of Shahdad,  deputy-principal at the Bagher Khan School, Mr Hamid Reza Chakari Son of Shahdad, Mr Abdul Rahman Rawanbakhsh, an IT engineer. On the 13 the regimes security forcess attacked home of 7 more teachers in the city of Zahidan and arrested them some have been identified by, “Organization of Human Rights Activists of Iran”,  as Mohmmad Saleh Eslamzahi son of Atah Mohammad and his 17 years old son Mehdi Islamzahi, and Alim Jangizahi Teacher in the Bagher Khan School Denying access to information and prohibiting the families to visit them and also threatning them to keep silent indicate that they are under psychological pressure and being tortured physically. Judging from the recent arrests and executions by the Iranian regime in Balochistan it is certain that these teachesr will also be forced to confess and then will be convicted without having access to lawyers and behind closed court rooms. In the past, the regime has arrested and convicted political opponents under the false charges of drug trafficking or rebellion against the state. Balochistan Peoples Party (BPP) is seriously concerned about the life and health of these teachers. We therefore urge the international community, the human rights organizations and democratic governments to put pressure on Iranian authorities to release the arrested teachers.  Nasser Boladai Spokes person for Balochistan Peoples Party

2009-08-15T03:22:44-06:00

Fifteen Baloch teachers have been arrested in the Balochistan cities Sarawan and Zahidan in Iran 272 true

2009-08-15T03:22:44-06:00

Balochistan Appeal: Urge the Iranian government to release Baloch Teachers

2010-03-11T00:51:43-07:00

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press-releases The Baloch activists who have been arrested in this way have been tortured, killed or have been kept in prison for long time in unknown locations without access for visit from their families or friends. Mr Arjomandi is a Baloch from western Balochistan, Iran, and has been living in Norway and has Norwegian citizenship. Pakistani and Iranian governments have extradition treaties that allow them to exchange prisoners. These treaties have been used by both countries in the last decades to exchange Baloch political opponents across borders of the two countries. The Iranian and Pakistani Governments have in fact increased their mutual cooperation to extradite Baloch political and human rights activists due to intensified activities of Baloch people for self-determination and sovereignty in both countries. We are concerned for the life and safety of Mr Ehsan Arjomandi and fear that like the Iranian regime, the ISI will use harsh tortures to obtain fabricated confessions and incorrect information. The Balochistan Peoples Party (BPP), asks the international community and especially Norway to put pressure on the Pakistani government to release Mr Ehsan Arjomanid as soon as possible. We also request the Norwegian government to take immediate actions in order to defend the rights of its citizen Mr Arjomandi and protect him from jail, torture and forced confessions. Furthermore, the illegal arrest and restrictions imposed by Pakistani and Iranian governments on foreign nationals should be condemned. We look forward to seeing the appropriate actions in this matter. Sincerely yours, Nasser Baolaidai Spokesperson of Balochistan Peoples Party Copy to: -                        Foreign minister of Norway -                        Incharge of the EU’s foreign affairs -                        United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights -                        Amnesty International -                        Human Rights Watch -                        International Red Cross, Pakistan -                        Baloch Human Rights Council -                        Amnesty International, Pakistan -                        Human Rights Commission of Pakistan -                        NGOs

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Mr Ehsan Arjomandi a Baloch human rights activist and a citizen of Norway, was arrested on 7th August 2009 near Karachi in Pakistan. The bus carrying Mr Arjomandi was stopped by unknown people and he was removed from the bus and was transferred to a pick-up without plate number. This method of arrest in day light and in public places is characteristic of Pakistani Intelligence Service known as ISI. 268 true

2009-08-10T05:26:43-06:00

Appeal: Release the Baloch human rights activist Mr Ehsan Arjomndi

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press-releases 19 already executed by Ahmadinejad Executions follow secret trials, with no defence lawyers Amnesty International joins global condemnation London, UK - 22 July 2009   Three more Baluch activists are due to be executed in Iran in the next few days, according to Ebrahim Hamidi, Chief Justice of Sistan and Baluchistan province. Already, 19 Baluch political prisoners have been hanged since last month's rigged presidential election. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/28-10 All were sent to the gallows after short, summary trials behind closed doors, without having access to defence lawyers and without any right to call witnesses or to appeal the death sentences. On one day last week, 14 July, the government of Iran executed 13 members of its Baluch ethnic minority. They were hanged by the barbaric slow strangulation method, which is endorsed by the country's dictator, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. To see an example of the prolonged death caused by the slow strangulation method, watch this video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a0_1185106657 "The executions went ahead, despite pleas for clemency by Amnesty International. It says the executed men never received a fair trial," said human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell. "The evidence against the condemned men is disputed, with Baluch nationalists claiming they were framed for their political opposition to Tehran's domination of the Baluchistan region and its suppression of Baluch culture. "Fourteen men were scheduled to be hanged but one condemned man had his execution deferred to allow him to be further interrogated, most likely under torture, in a bid to get him to incriminate others. See Amnesty International's condemnation here: http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/iran-government-must-stop-executions-14-men-20090713 "The hanged men were alleged members of the PRMI (People's Resistance Movement of Iran), also known as Jondallah, a Baluch armed opposition group, which is campaigning against what they see as Persian and Shia Muslim oppression of their Baluch Sunni Muslim nation," added Mr Tatchell. "The men did not receive a fair trial and these executions must not go ahead," urged Malcolm Smart, Director of Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Programme, just days before the hangings. "The Iranian authorities must abide by their international obligations to uphold human rights and guarantee fair trials, which is all the more essential in death penalty cases," he said. The 13 convicted defendants were hanged in the city of Zahedan, south-east Iran. They were sentenced for moharebeh - "enmity against God" - for allegedly participating in armed rebellion against the Tehran government and other offences, including drug smuggling, hostage-taking and contacts with western powers. Their alleged crimes are disputed by Baluch activists. According to Amnesty International: "Jondallah has carried out a number of attacks on Iranian government forces in Sistan-Baluchistan province, killing officials who were taken prisoner. Recently, Jondallah claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Zahedan which killed as many as 25 worshippers. Amnesty International has repeatedly condemned such abuses. Most or all of those due to be executed tomorrow are believed to have been arrested before the attack on the mosque." "Their apparent arrest prior to the mosque attack casts doubt on their involvement in this atrocity. Moreover, the executed men's membership of Jondallah is also questionable," said Mr Tatchell. "These executions are part of a pattern of intense repression Iranian Baluchistan. Human Rights Watch reported in March 2008 that an Iranian parliament member, Hossein Ali Shahryari, confirmed that 700 people were awaiting execution in Sistan and Baluchistan province, which is only one of Iran's 30 provinces. Many of those on death row are Baluch political prisoners. This staggering number of death sentences is evidence of the intense, violent ethnic repression that is taking place under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. http://hrw.org/wr2k8/pdfs/iran.pdf "The Iranian regime is notorious for framing political critics and opponents on trumped up charges of hooliganism, drug trafficking, terrorism, homosexuality and spying. The hanged men's guilt is therefore open to question. "Student activist Meisam Lofti was executed in 2007, for example, on false charges of criminality, according to the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/ir2208uaa.pdf "In 2004, in the city of Neka, a 16 year old girl, Atefah Rajabi Sahaaleh, who had been raped several times, was convicted and executed for ‘crimes against chastity' and ‘adultery.' Her execution for adultery was particularly shocking, given that she was not married. Atefah's male rapist got 95 lashes. To avoid bad publicity and accusations that it executes minors, the Iranian dictatorship falsely claimed that Atefah was 22 at the time of her hanging. But her father was able to produce her birth certificate, proving that she was only 16 and thereby exposing the Tehran regime as liars and child killers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5217424.stm "The regime's dishonesty is also evidenced by its practice of torturing detainees to make them confess publicly to crimes they have not committed. "Some of the hanged Baluch men allegedly confessed to serious offences. But these confessions need to be treated with great scepticism. The Islamic Republic of Iran has a long history of extracting false confessions from innocent prisoners who have been subjected to prolonged torture. Roxana Saberi, an American-Iranian journalist who was arrested in Tehran in 2009, was forced to confess to spying. After her release, she confirmed that she had been pressured by threats and menaces to confess to criminal acts that she had never perpetrated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8000522.stm "The Baluch people are systematically oppressed for seeking equality of rights and opportunities with other Iranians. Baluch human rights campaigners report that under the constitution of the Islamic Republic, and under other laws passed by the Iranian parliament, Sunni Muslims are prohibited from becoming supreme leader, president, minister, deputy minister, army general, ambassador, or any other high state official. The official religion of the Iranian state is Shia Islam. "The Sunni Muslims of Baluchistan are deemed a political and religious threat to the state. They are a persecuted ethnic and faith minority. Those who express their Baluch identity and campaign for human rights risk arrest, imprisonment, torture and execution," said Mr Tatchell. Further information: Peter Tatchell 0207 403 1790 ENDS

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On one day last week, 14 July, the government of Iran executed 13 members of its Baluch ethnic minority. They were hanged by the barbaric slow strangulation method, which is endorsed by the country's dictator, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 242 true

2009-07-22T02:30:02-06:00

Iran to hang three more Baluch activists by Peter Tatchell

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press-releases The Clerical Regime’s unprecedented campaign of oppression and repression against the Baluch and Sunnis is designed to suppress the Baluch quest for self-rule, human rights, and democracy as well as to prevent the spread of Baluchistan unrest to other non-Persian ethnic groups in Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Turkman Sahra,  Al-Ahwazi Arab(Khuzestan), and Luristan. We draw the world attention to the atrocities committed against innocent Baluch civilians and ask the UN and Human Rights organizations to investigate the crimes committed by the Islamic Republic against the Baluch civilians’ population.  Iran’s Presidential election is just a masquerade to cover its undemocratic and totalitarian nature as shown by the clerically selected and sanctioned candidates, systematic discrimination ageist women and non-Persian national/ethnic groups, blatant violations of human rights of Iranian citizens, and total disregard of internationally recognized standards of fair trail and due process of law.  If there were free election whereby the Baluch and other opposition groups could voice their views through ballots, then there would have been no need for the clerical regime to employ more than 100,000 Revolutionary Guardsin addition to security forces to use bullets against unarmed and innocent civilian population in Baluchistan.   Tensions have been mounting for the past two months in Baluchistan, as offensive anti-Sunni demonstrations, supported by Iranian security forces and Revolutionary Guards (IRG), have surrounded Baluchi Sunni mosques in the region. These protests paraded hateful slogans like “Death to Wahabis, Death to Sag Sunni (Dog Sunni), Damn to Omar (2nd Khalifa)” and went so far as to even burn and raze some Baluchi shops and businesses in the area. The discrimination and humiliation which the Baluch endured crystallized in the devastating events of May 28th, 2009, when Baluchi militants bombed a Shiia  mosque occupied by IRGs, hostile militia and Shiia protestors while were chanting slogans against Sunnis.   So far 17 young Baluch have been reported killed in street clashes with the security forces and more than 500 Baluchis were arrested  after a demonstration took place in the streets of Zahidan  the Capital City of Balochistan against the mistreat and humiliation of their religious leader by the security and intelligence forces. The detainees are currently held without being charged or any substantial evidence while the Iranian government has warned that these prisoners will face the maximum penalty for their crimes, despite the lack of incriminating data. Further exacerbating these religious and ethnic tensions, the regime publicly hanged 3 Baluch civil activists (who have been in jail months prior to the current events) accusing them of the bombing, only 36 hours after the violence.  Iranian officials have also pointed fingers at the United States, saying that the “terrorists were equipped by America”, charges that officially denied by the US. These accusations are consistent with past allegations by Iranian governments to attribute any opposition or resistance by Iranian people to foreign powers and to mask the Islamic Republic’s oppressive and repressive policies and practices against Iranian Baluch and Sunnis. The events of the last two weeks have displayed tragic violence as well as blatant ethnic and religious discrimination against the Baluch and Sunnis. Unfortunately, more of the same can be expected in the future in other oppressed ethnic regions of Khuzestan (Arabistan), Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Lurestan. The Baluchi people along with Ahwazi-Arabs, Kurds, Azeri Turks, Turkmen and Lurs have been deprived of basic freedoms and have witnessed the enforcement of discriminatory laws since the revolution of 1979. The Iranian government has left Baluchistan as one of the poorest provinces in the country, going so far as to halt economic development in the area by building a wall between Iranian Baluchistan and Pakistani Balochistan, cutting off trade in the region. The Baluchi along with other Non-Persian ethnic groups have been excluded from participating in positions of political power despite their making up well over 50% of the country’s population and have suffered constantly under the current Iranian regime.    The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI) requests that the international community and all democratic forces to pressure Iran to halt its campaign of terror and oppression against the Baluch people in Iran to prevent further violence. We will keep you updated should this story develop further. For more information please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@iranfederal.org">info@iranfederal.org</a>. Tel: U S (703)266-0330   Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran

2009-06-11T03:52:17-06:00

On the eve of the so-called Presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran on June 12, the country is plagued by ethnic, political and religious unrest as well as massive human rights abuses in Iranian Baluchistan, the homeland of the Sunni-dominated Baluch ethnic group in the southeastern corner bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan. This turmoil has taken the shape of armed clashes between the Baluch and security forces, massive arrests of Baluch protesters, and summary executions of detainees without trial. CNFI, JUNE 8TH, 2009. 200 true

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URGENT APPEALE: Stop Massive Human Right Voilation in Balochistan

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press-releases <address style="text-align: center;"><img style="float: left;" title="BPP_LogoTra.gif" src="/images/69.gif" alt="BPP_LogoTra.gif" /></address> <address style="text-align: left;"> </address> <address style="text-align: center;"> B P P Strongly Condemns the Killing of Top Baloch Political Leaders</address><address style="text-align: left;"> </address> <h1 style="text-align: left;">  <address>The slain bodies of three Baloch leaders namely Mr Ghulam Mohammad Baloch chairman of Baloch National Movement (BNM) and his party fellow Mr Lala Muneer Baloch and Sher Mohammad Baloch of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) were found on the outskirt of Turbat city soon after their abduction by Pakistani intelligence service, ISI, on 3rd of April 2009.</address> <address>            The circumstances under which these political leaders have been killed following their abduction shows the barbaric and violent attitude of Pakistani establishment toward the Baloch People.</address> <address>Mr Ghulam Mohammad as political leader of BNM was member of the committee which assisted the release of Mr John Solecki (Head of UNHCR in Quetta) from his kidnapers. The same committee was also due to investigate and conclude list of the Baloch men and women who have been kidnapped and are disappeared by Pakistan security forces and the army intelligence agencies in order to facilitate safe release of these Baloch activists and their return to their families. </address> <address>This crime is an attempt by the perpetrators to stop release of the kidnapped and disappeared Baloch prisoners. At the same time, the aim is to weaken Baloch national struggle and deprive it from an effective political leadership.</address> <address>In recent years, Pakistani military and intelligence services have followed a systematic policy of targeted killing of the Baloch political leaders. This policy has failed since Baloch struggle for freedom and democracy has popular and genuine base amongst the masses in order to achieve national sovereignty for Baloch people.</address> <address>Balochistan Peoples Party strongly condemns murder of the well known Baloch political leaders. BPP also expresses its deepest sorrow and sympathy with families of Chairman Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Lala Muneer Baloch and Sher Mohammad Baloch and the entire Baloch people.</address> <address> </address> <address>We demand that the international community and United Nations to:</address> <address>1-     Set up a committee to investigate this crime and to bring the perpetrators to justice.</address> <address>2-     Put pressure on Pakistani authorities to stop its systematic oppression of Baloch people and its military operations in Balochistan.</address> <address>3-     Facilitate immediate release of all political prisoners.</address> <address>4-     Establish a special committee to mediate in the conflict between the Baloch and Pakistani government</address> <address style="text-align: left;">5-     Address the demand of the Baloch people for national sovereignty. </address>  Balochistan Peoples Party</h1>

2009-04-11T10:25:53-06:00

The slain bodies of three Baloch leaders namely Mr Ghulam Mohammad Baloch chairman of Baloch National Movement (BNM) and his party fellow Mr Lala Muneer Baloch and Sher Mohammad Baloch of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) were found on the outskirt of Turbat city soon after their abduction by Pakistani intelligence service, ISI, on 3rd of April 2009. 160 true

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BPP BPP BPP Strongly Condemns the Killing of Top Baloch Political Leaders

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press-releases BRUSSELS DECLARATION Conference in the European Parliament On the issue of Human Rights and the Question of Democratization and Federalism in Iran   2 April 2009 - Brussels, Belgium   Delegates welcome the support that the conference, and by extension the campaign for democracy in Iran, has received from Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and international civil society.   Delegates stresses that despite extensive lobbying efforts by the Iranian regime to exert pressure to prevent MEPs from attending, the conference was a great success toward engaging in a free exchange of viewpoints in an open forum. Delegates publically reaffirm their desire to the unity of Iran and impress upon the international community their desire for peaceful, inclusive, and domestically driven democratization, and decisively reject any accusation of separatism.   Delegates call on Iranian authorities to respect, in accordance with state's international obligations, cultural, economics, linguistics, and religious rights of all nationalities living within the boarders of Iran today.   Delegates urge the international community to support, as an important means of aiding Iranian civil society, existing and prospective efforts to establish independent mass media broadcasting in the different languages of Iran's constituent nationalities, and facilitates access to existing international media in support of inclusion, secularism and respect for human rights.   Delegates call on the European Union to not only continues its assistance to Iranian civil society and promotion of human rights but to ensure such assistance is extended to all ethnic and religious communities.   Delegates call on the international community to support and promote gender equality and collective rights as the principles of Universal Declaration of Human rights.   Delegates wish to stress their belief that promotion of democracy within Iran can not be meaningfully achieved without considering a multinational, secular federal solution that facilitates adequate representation and protection of all Iran's nationalities through autonomy and federalism as an expression of internal self-determination.   Congress of Nationalities for Federal Iran (CNFI) www.iranfederal.org   Unrepresented Nationalities and Peoples Organizations (UNPO) www.unpo.org

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Delegates welcome the support that the conference, and by extension the campaign for democracy in Iran, has received from Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and international civil society. 151 true

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BPP BRUSSELS DECLARATION Conference in the European Parliament

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press-releases Brussels, 25 March 2009 Leading Iranian opposition figures will be meeting in Brussels, Belgium for a two-day conference on 1-2 April 2009 to discuss the prospects for democratization and federalism in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Entitled ‘Human Rights and the Question of Democratization and Federalism in Iran’, the conference panels will discuss federalism’s potential to accommodate Iran’s patchwork of ethnicities. Discussion will dwell on the issues of autonomy, democratization, good governance, and press freedom before a final debate on the question of what the future may hold for Iran. The conference will be opened at 9.00am in Room P4B001 of the European Parliament’s Paul-Henri Spaak building by Angelika Beer MEP, member of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group and chairwoman of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Iran.  Opening speeches will also be made by the co-sponsor of the conference, Marco Cappato MEP, vice-chairman of the delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.  Their remarks will be accompanied by contributions from Graham Watson MEP (tbc), leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP, member of the ALDE Group and chairwoman of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with Iraq, Paulo Casaca MEP, member of the Socialist Group and member of the delegation for relations with Iran, and Senator Marco Perduca of the Italian Senate.  Commenting on the situation in Iran will be Nasser Boladai of the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI) and Marino Busdachin, General Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO). Representatives of Iran’s Ahwaz, Azerbaijani, Baloch, and Kurdish organizations will also feature as key panelists. The conference is being organized by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (<a href="http://www.unpo.org/">http://www.unpo.org/</a>) in partnership with the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (<a href="http://www.cnfi.org/">http://www.cnfi.org/</a>) and Members of the European Parliament from the Nonviolent Radical Party. Further details of the conference will be released on 27 March 2009 For media queries please contact: Andrew Swan +32 (0)472 577 518 aswan@unpo.org Maggie Murphy +32 (0)479 868 186 mmurphy@unpo.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <img title="unpo-logo_small.png" src="/images/383.png" alt="unpo-logo_small.png" width="77" height="86" /> UNPO      <img title="NRP_small.gif" src="/images/427.gif" alt="NRP_small.gif" width="71" height="72" />NRP        <img title="CNFI_small.gif" src="/images/423.gif" alt="CNFI_small.gif" width="86" height="77" />CNFI     Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization With the support of the Nonviolent Radical Party Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran

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Leading Iranian opposition figures will be meeting in Brussels, Belgium for a two-day conference on 1-2 April 2009 to discuss the prospects for democratization and federalism in the Islamic Republic of Iran 149 true

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BPP UNPO European Parliament to Host Meeting of Leading Iranian Dissidents

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press-releases <img title="BPP_LogoTra.gif" src="/eng/images/69.gif" alt="BPP_LogoTra.gif" width="60" height="58" />  04-06-2006   Since the Taasoki incident where some Iranian high ranking intelligence agents have been killed. The Iranian regime has launched a massive military operation against Baloch people in Balochistan, specially around the provincial Capital Zahedan (Dozaap). Iranian regime has brought more then 30000 fresh forces to Balochistan.   According to regimes own data the secret agencies and para military forces either kidnapped or detained hundreds of Baloch people. The figure of killed and injured people due to the regime's armed forces restriction and not having access to the roral area are unknown.   During these operations no encounters between Baloch resistance forces and the Iranian army have taken place but confirmed reports by eye witnessed and some of regime's own sources there have been indiscriminate bombardment using helicopter gunships and jet fighter of the innocent farmers, shepherd and nomadic people living in mountaines, killing them and their livestocks.  Iranian regime internationaly is well-known for using variouse cruel methodes including extrajudicial killing and execution.   Last week more then 10 Baloch executed in Zahedan prison whom the regime accused of helping the Baloch armed resistance and in some cases as always under the drug dealing accusations .    Three of above executed young persons are named by the regime as:    1- Masood Naroui  2- Abdol Vahid Naroui  3- Abdol Hamid Naroui    Balochistan People’s Party believes that these cases of extrajudicial detention, torture and execution of Baloch people in Iran, are grave human rights violations and we Condemn this barbaric act by the Iranian regime and appeal to human right and international organization to condemn these executions and military operation in Balochistan by pressuring the regime and international condemnation.    Nasser Boladai  Spokesperson for Balochistan People's Party  Nasser.Boladai@BalochPeople.org  http://www.balochpeople.org/eng/   Balochistan People’s Party, P.O.Box 13022, 103 01 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 739343724, Fax: +46 8 43 75 97 37 www.ostomaan.org ; www.balochpeople.org

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According to regimes own data the secret agencies and para military forces either kidnapped or detained hundreds of Baloch people. The figure of killed and injured people due to the regime's armed forces restriction and not having access to the roral area are unknown 24 true

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press-releases 19, April 2006 On behalf of BPP (Balochistan People’s Party) we would like to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation in Western or Iranian held Balochistan where the Iranian military and intelligence forces are involved in killing of three Baloch Sunni clerics and their two associates. On Monday 10th of April 2006, three Baloch clerics, Molavi Nea'matulla Mirbalochzahi, Molavi Abdul Hakim Gamshadzahi, Molavi Abdullah Narooi and their two associates in a mysterious car accident have been killed. The so called accident has happened in a way that the target car traveling from Zahidan (provincial capital) has been hit by an empty unmarked bus which only was occupied by its driver and his assistant traveling from Kerman 500 kilometers away from Zahedan. Having experienced many times this way of opponents killings by the Iranian regime since a decade ago, the Baloch people are questioning this so called accident and holding the Iranian Intelligence services responsible for this dubious killing. When a journalist asked Mr. H. A. Sharyari who is a well known anti Baloch MP from Zhahidan of peoples suspicious about this accident, he replayed why should they use a bus to kill them while there are other easy methods to do such things (please see the web links below) It seems that this killing is linked with the threat of the Iranian interior Minister Mr. M. Pour Mahomadi and Mr. H. A. Sharyari who both are Shia Hezbollahi extremists and well known anti Baloch and anti Sunni figures which both recently have threatened and accused via Iranian official media the Baloch people for the killing of more then 22 Iranian high ranking intelligence officials by a militant Jondullah group. He even asked the interior Ministry and security forces to be tougher on Baloch people which seems that the interior Minister Mr. Pour Mahomadi has listened and sent extra 1500 of his loyal fighters to the region recently. The Iranian regimes politic in Balochistan is based on divide and rule policy. It has always during crisis situation used religious card to destabilize Balochistan. Since some of the Zabolis (Sistanis) in Balochistan are Shia, it has been always the policy of Iranian regime to play Shia and Sunni card in Balochistan in order to muddle the situation for the enforcement of the divide and rule policy. It discriminate Sunni Baloch in the job market and treat Shias with privileges, in all social spheres. Mr. M. Pour Mahomadi in a recent speech has said that because Zabolis are educated and loyal to the system are being used in high ranking position in Balochistan. Mr. Minister and his regime deliberately forget that in a civilized world it is the responsibility of the state to provide equal opportunities to all of her citizens regardless of religious and ethnical backgrounds. This is not the first time that Iranian regime is involved in the killing of Baloch politicians and Baloch clerics, the list is long one but we would like to be mentioned a few of recent era: * On February the 15th 1996 the disappearance and alleged execution of Molavi Ahmed Sayyad. * On March 4th 1996 Molavi Abdul Malek Mollahzadeh son of Molavi Abdulaziz, the most prominent Sunni cleric in Western Balochistan along with an associate Molavi Jamshidzahi were assassinated by agents of the Iranian regime in Karachi, Pakistan. * Molavi Ebrahim Damoni a well known anti regime cleric immediately after his release from a long held imprisonment killed in an arranged accident in Iranshahr. * Another Sunni cleric and high school teacher, Molavi Abdurrahman Alahverdi was arrested by the authorities in the Balochi town of Sarawan, so far his fate remains unknown. Nasser Boladai Spokesperson for Balochistan People's Party Nasser.Boladai@BalochPeople.org CC: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) Amnesty International (London) Humanis Rights Watch Balochistan People’s Party, P.O.Box 13022, 103 01 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 739343724, Fax: +46 8 43 75 97 37 www.ostomaan.org ; www.balochpeople.org

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On Monday 10th of April 2006, three Baloch clerics, Molavi Nea'matulla Mirbalochzahi, Molavi Abdul Hakim Gamshadzahi, Molavi Abdullah Narooi and their two associates in a mysterious car accident have been killed 22 true

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