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Organization of Islamic Conference

UN Human Rights Commission

EU Human Rights Commission

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

Appeal for your urgent humanitarian help to save Baloch activist Mr Mehrnahad

Dears,

We sadly learnt that M Yahkob Mehrnahad a Baloch activist has been sentenced to death by a court in Zahidan, Iran. He is a civic activist and the General Secretary of Youth Association of Justice Voice in Zahidan. He was arrested 10 months ago when leaving a meeting along with his five activist colleagues in Zahidan. He ever since has been denied basic rights and defence. It is reported by his immediate relatives that he has been tortured and has become ill as a result.

He is father of 3 children.

He in his civic active life always maintained his activities open and within the laws of land. He has had no open or clandestine links or associations with any of Baloch political parties. Therefore no allegation for subversive or even illegal activity from Mehrnahd can be proven beyond any doubts unless fabricated confessions were extracted under duress and torture.

Upon sentencing him, the Court allowed 10 days for Supreme Court review, but for known reasons and beyond comprehension it is reduced to 7 days, perhaps to speed up the cruel and inhumane sentence of death.

Balochistan Raji Zrombeh appeals to you to take necessary humanitarian actions urgently to stop the execution of Baloch activist Mr Y Mehrnahad. The time is running fast and we are waiting for your immediate humanitarian action to make the review of the death sentence happen and save his life.

Balochistan Raji Zrombeh

(Balochistan National Movement)

12Feb 2008