{"id":2603,"date":"2023-12-04T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:48:16","slug":"speech-by-the-representative-of-the-balochistan-human-rights-group-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/speech-by-the-representative-of-the-balochistan-human-rights-group-in-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech by the representative of the Balochistan Human Rights Group in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ms.Farzane Baloch , representative of the Balochistan human rights group, attended and delivered a speech at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva today, December 1, 2023, during 16th Session, UN Forum on Minority Issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: Baluchistan Human Rights Group urgently highlights the severe human rights crisis in Baluchistan, Iran. This region is plagued by glaring violations that demand immediate attention and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Islamic Republic erases diverse identities among ethnic minorities, violating their rights to religion, language, and culture. Recent UN reports highlight Baluchistan&#8217;s poverty despite its natural resources. Iranian authorities commit discrimination, unjustified arrests, and unlawful killings against the Baluch, suppressing their freedoms and causing harm to civilians, activists, and journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Baluchistan, the absence of national identification documents condemns hundreds of thousands to a lifetime of exclusion from education, employment, banking, and legal representation. Iran&#8217;s strict demands, including DNA tests, only compound the struggles of these marginalized communities in obtaining vital identification papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iranian government must prioritize accessible legal documentation, especially for remote areas, to alleviate the heavy burdens faced by Baluchistan&#8217;s impoverished majority. Simplifying this process is crucial to uphold their fundamental rights, free from discrimination based on socio-economic status, religion, or ethnicity. The Islamic Republic of Iran must treat its Baluch citizens with respect, refraining from relegating them to second-class citizens, and instead, affirm their dignity and equality under the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1957813400\/156\">https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1957813400\/156<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2604\" src=\"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/qazsxw-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2604\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms.Farzane Baloch , representative of the Balochistan human rights group, attended and delivered a speech at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva today, December 1, 2023, during 16th Session, UN Forum on Minority Issues. She said: Baluchistan Human Rights Group urgently highlights the severe human rights crisis in Baluchistan, Iran. This region is plagued by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human_rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603\/revisions\/2605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}