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Sabah Bandoui BHRG Representative in UN

According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, Sabah Bandoui, a representative of the organization, raised alarm over the systematic violations of cultural, linguistic, and religious rights of the Baloch people in Iran during a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. This speech, shared as a...

BHRG November 2024 Newsletter

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Killing of a Baloch Teenager in a Shooting by Security Forces in Nikshahr

On the evening of Friday, November 29, 2024, security forces fired at a car carrying a Baloch teenager and two others near the Zangutan River in Nikshahr County. Ismail Balochi, 15 years old, was shot in the heart and died instantly. The security forces opened fire without warning and unlawfully...

Death of a Baloch Citizen in Bambur Police Station and Military Forces’ Fabricated Narrative

On November 28, 2024, Elyas Narouei, a 37-year-old resident of Shamsabad in Bambur, visited Police Station 11 to follow up on his confiscated car documents. While there, he was reportedly harassed by officers. In reaction, he attempted to take a handgun from one of the officers. However, he was...

Execution of Two Baloch Prisoners in Yazd

At dawn on Thursday, November 28, 2024, the death sentences of two Baloch prisoners, identified as Davood Mohammadi Takht-Shah (Dahmardeh), 33, and Osman Dahmardeh, 26, were carried out in Yazd Prison. The two individuals, along with another prisoner, had been transferred to solitary confinement on Tuesday, November 26, in...

Statement by Human Rights Organizations Condemning Death Sentences and Supporting Varisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi

In the name of life, in the name of humanity, in the name of beauty. These are the opening words of a letter written by Varisheh Moradi, a political prisoner and one of the thousands of brave Kurdish women, from inside Evin Prison. These words echo the voices of women...

Arrest of a Baloch Citizen by Security Forces in Saravan County

On Sunday, November 24, 2024, a 24-year-old Baloch citizen named Imran Hosseinbar was arrested by plainclothes security forces of the IRGC in his workplace in the village of Gasht, Saravan County. The security forces, arriving in two cars (a Samand and a Peugeot 405), detained Imran at his motorcycle repair...

Five-Year Prison Sentence Issued for Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi by the Special Clergy Court in Mashhad

Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi, the Friday prayer leader of Rask and a prominent Sunni scholar in Balochistan, was arrested on August 20, 2023, by security forces due to his critical stance against the government. Despite his advanced age and health issues, he remains imprisoned in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad. On...

Seizure of Hundreds of Hectares of Land Belonging to Indigenous Baloch in Houtabad, Chabahar, and Demolition of Their Homes

On Friday, October 22, 2024, several government entities, including the Housing Foundation, Natural Resources, and the Municipality, seized hundreds of hectares of land belonging to the Indigenous Baloch in Houtabad village, located on the outskirts of Chabahar. This action followed the demolition of residential homes belonging to Baloch citizens. Reports...

Demolition of Residential Houses in Muradabad, Chabahar

In the early hours of *Friday, November 22, 2024, municipal forces, accompanied by military personnel, raided the *Muradabad area of Chabahar and demolished several residential houses without prior notice or warning to the residents. According to reports, this operation was conducted without adherence to legal procedures, forcing some families...