Amnesty International’s Call for Immediate Release of Baloch Teenager; Details of Arrest, Torture, and Hostage-Taking of Mahmoud Balochi Razi
According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, on Friday, December 19, 2025, Amnesty International issued a statement demanding the immediate release of 16-year-old Baloch child Mahmoud Balochi Razi, who was arbitrarily arrested on Sunday, December 7, 2025, and initially subjected to enforced disappearance.
The organization stated that the arrest was aimed at pressuring his father, resulting in widespread violations of his fundamental rights, with his life and health still at risk.
Mahmoud Balochi Razi, son of Abdulghani and from Surmich Chanf village, was detained by intelligence forces from Kerman Province during a raid on his school in Chanf district, Nikshahr county. The arrest occurred without a judicial warrant, in front of students and school staff.
For several days afterward, his family had no information about his whereabouts, and authorities refused to respond.
Amnesty International reported that the Baloch child was subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment during detention to force his father to surrender. He was beaten during interrogations and coerced into calling his family to say his release depended on his father’s surrender.
Later, he was taken to the prosecutor and forced to sign documents without being allowed to read or understand them. He has been denied access to a lawyer since the start, and his rights as a child have been completely ignored, in violation of domestic laws and international obligations.
Mahmoud is currently held in a juvenile correction center in Kerman Province, about 800 km from his family, adding further psychological pressure on him and his relatives.
Amnesty International described the detention as clear hostage-taking, a serious violation of child rights, and a gross breach of Iran’s international commitments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It holds security and judicial authorities fully responsible for any physical or psychological harm.
