Christian, Hindu and Jewish NGOs demand Iran and Pakistan to end
human rights violations in Balochistan

PRESS RELEASE:
Monday, June 26, 2006

Iran and Pakistan are on Freedom House's list of the "Worst of the Worst" violators of human rights

KALAT, Balochistan -- On Monday, the following twelve non-governmental organizations (NGO) jointly filed
an appeal for human rights protection of the Baloch people in Iran and Pakistan with the United Nation’s
Human Rights Council:


UN Watch delivered the joint appeal on behalf of the NGOs to the UN Human Rights Council during its first session on June 26, 2006 to
implement GA Resolution 60/251 in occupied Balochistan.

The Human Rights Council was established by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 60/251 of March 15, 2006, which stated that the
Human Rights Council would replace the Commission on Human Rights, which will be formally abolished on 16 June 2006. UN Secretary-
General Kofi Annan stated that, “Now the real work begins”. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Arbour, also saluted the creation
of the Human Rights Council, calling its establishment “a historic opportunity to improve the protection and promotion of fundamental
freedoms of people around the world.”

UN Watch is a NGO based in Geneva whose mandate is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter.
Areas of interest include: UN management reform, the UN and civil society, equality within the UN, and the equal treatment of member states.
UN Watch notes that the disproportionate attention and unfair treatment applied by the UN toward Israel over the years offers an object lesson
(though not the only one) in how due process, equal treatment, and other fundamental principles of the UN Charter are often ignored or
selectively upheld.

UN Watch pleaded in its appeal, “The eyes of the world are turned to the new Human Rights Council in the hope that it will effectively protect
and promote human rights universally. Therefore we look to the full implementation of GA Resolution 60/251.”

It emphasized, “To truly address the reality of human rights violations on the ground, the Council cannot shy away from the most relevant
situations around the world. In her recent report, the High Commissioner for Human Rights has mentioned the situations of Uzbekistan,
Somalia, Sudan, Colombia, Nepal, Togo, Burma and the DPRK. Based on Freedom House's list of the "Worst of the Worst" violators and our
own estimates, the following (Iran and Pakistan) is a small selection for the Council's consideration.

“(According to Amnesty International Report, 2006) Iran consistently represses the rights of human rights defenders, political prisoners, and
minorities. Discriminatory laws and practices in particular target ethnic and religious minorities, especially the Baloch.

“(According to various human rights reports) In Pakistan, violence against women remains a pressing issue, symbolized by the plight of
Mukhtaran Mai. In the minority province of Balochistan, security agencies are committing arbitrary arrests and detention, extrajudicial
executions, torture and "disappearances" of student and labor union leaders.”

The Government of Balochistan (GOB) in Exile has approached various international organizations to inform them of the gross human rights
violations being committed by the Iranian and Pakistani governments in occupied Balochistan. GOB (Exile) appealed to these organizations to
use their position to put an end to the “Baloch Holocaust”.

General Secretary of GOB (Exile), Mir Azaad Khan Baloch questioned the global community for allowing the Iranian and the Pakistani regimes
to commit crimes against humanity in occupied Balochistan without any ramifications. He stated that both these rogue countries have
launched military operations against the Baloch freedom fighters and non-combatant, innocent men, women and children that simply want
self-determination, a universal right of the Baloch people. He regretted that there were no sincere efforts being pursued by any government
around the world to force the Iranian and Pakistani forces to end their ruthless extermination of the Baloch people.


Baloch News Bureau Report


Mir Azaad Khan Baloch
General Secretary
The Government of Balochistan in Exile
http://governmentofbalochistan.blogspot.com/
Declaration of Human Rights
Baloch Society Of North America (BSO_NA)
Baloch Society Of North America (BSO_NA) is Non-Profit Organization, working to unite and Organize
all Baloch in North America, to expose the Occupation of our land (Balochistan)  and  exploitations of
our resources by  Pakistani and Iranian Governments, and to bring their Human Rights Violations in
Balochistan into the world’s Notice.