31 Baloch killed in the last 30
days in Iran
Reza
Hossein Borr
One Baluch was killed and another one was arrested
on 20.12.08 by the Iranian security forces, the Iranian Fars News Agency
reported. (1) This Baluch was killed when he was travelling in Kerman
province. The report suggested that there was an armed clash between
the two sides but did not say anything about the government casualties.
The Iranian government recently issued a directive
in which the public relations departments of different government
organizations and the news media were ordered to show the strength of the
security forces in their dealings with the Baluch insurgents. It
strictly ordered to media to stop the publication of the government
casualties.
Baluchistan Human rights Watch reported that 31
Baluch and Sunnis have been killed by the Iranian governments in the last 30
days. (2) Another report by Students News Agency confirmed that 12 Baluch
have been arrested and 20 cars have been confiscated on 15th of December 08.
(3) The Baluch people are getting arrested for different reasons and one
different excuses. Once they are arrested they usually lose everything.
Their cars would be confiscated, their bank accounts would be closed and
their savings would be confiscated by the government. With the arrest
of one Baluch, his family will be completely destroyed. The judicial
system usually acts as a tool of the government and does not administer
justice.
The same news agency reported that the police
chased a land cruiser car and arrested its owner on charges of carrying few
alcoholic drinks. (4) The Iranian corrupt police identify the new expensive
cars and stop them for no reason at all. They usually plant some drugs
or alcohol bottles in the car and arrest the owner on charges of smuggling
illegal products. After torturing them and accusing them of drug
trafficking they usually get huge bribes and take their car away. It
is a kind of Brazilian way of kidnapping the people who belong to the middle
classes and extracting money from them.
The innocent Baluch people, who see themselves as
the helpless victims, give in and surrender whatever livelihood they have in
order to save their lives.
Another news agency reported that 537 men were
arrested in Baluchistan. These are mostly Afghan refugees who live and
work in Iran. The security forces confiscate their properties and
deport them back to Afghanistan. These refugees usually lose
everything before getting deported. A lot of Baluch people who have
been refused identity card by the Iranian authorities are also getting
deported to Afghanistan as aliens. Ayatollah Danishmand, who works for
the office of Iranian leadership, recently advised the authorities in
Baluchistan and other Sunni dominated areas to refuse to issue identity
cards for those Sunnis whose parents have more than two children. (5.)
Although the video of this speech was released
recently, it has been the unofficial policy of the Iranian regime to
withdraw the identity cards of many Baluch people and deport to Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
1.
http://www1.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8709300714
2.
http://www.radiobalochi.org/BH_Rights/1koshtehTawasotehNirohayeEntezami081220.html
3.
http://sb.isna.ir/mainnews.php?ID=News-20455gates
4.
http://sb.isna.ir/mainnews.php?ID=News-20452
5.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RadioBalochiFM
