An urgent appeal
to:
Untied Nations
General Secretary, President Bush, President of European Union Commission,
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International
Dears,
The
Iranian authorities soon after the shamble presidential election carried out a
heinous act upon poor and deprived people of Balochistan.
They destroyed several huts and homes of very needy people on Thursday, 30th
June
Ms Mahganj Bahok a devastated woman
with a shivering cry told the regime’s official reporter of IRNA,
now that her only hut is destroyed and flattened by authorities she and her
children have lost everything and have absolutely nowhere to go and seek
shelter. Mr Durmohammad Baha
an unskilled worker who had a primitive life complained bitterly and told IRNA reporter that the regime did not show any
consideration to their plight and destroyed their roofs on them.
In the
resistance over the destruction of huts several people were seriously injured
as the security forces disproportionately used force. There are also reports
that many are detained and being interrogated for their just resistance. The
fate of these detainees is kept secret by the regime.
The
regime carried out the destruction on a strategic plan of ethnic cleansing. It
is an open secret that the regime aims to marginalise Baloch
from urban areas such as Chabar and allocate most of
the valuable lands to non-Baloch people. To pursue
this dreadful policy the regime provides substantial preferential treatments
and financial incentives to people from outside Balochistan,
while rightful Baloch are kept deprived of any access
to basic amenities such as water let alone clean drinking water, education,
health, job opportunities, economical resources of the region, housing; and any
proper and meaningful representation in state affairs. The IRNA
reported that the area concerned is designated especially for the security
forces according to the plan by the department of Housing & Urban
Development.
As it
is a duty of a state to make provisions for safety and security of its citizen,
the Iranian regime is in flagrant violation and breach of its obligations in Balochistan as outlined above. Clearly it amounts to
discrimination against Baloch people and ethnic
cleansing of Baloch from their rightful land, Balochistan.
Balochistan National Movement-Iran urgently seeks
your utmost attention to the deteriorating situation of hundreds of homeless Baloch in Chabar as their sufferings
are acute, actual and above all excruciating. In
To
assist these victims the BNM proposes setup of an
exploratory team from the international community led by the UN charged with a
fact-finding task. In addition clarification on the situation can be sought by
you; and the authorities are urged to release innocent detainees immediately
and unconditionally, to halt further destruction and to allow victims back to
their lands and compensate for losses they incurred.
Your
help and prompt actions are vital to hundreds of Baloch
children, women and needy peoples who suffered from regimes desire to displace
and deny them their huts, so please help now.
Regards,
Balochistan National Movement-Iran
(Balochistan Raji Zrombesh)
July 3rd
2005