M-383 Baloch people

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) condemn the ongoing persecution and repression of the Baloch people residing within the borders of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran; (b) call on the Chief Justice of Pakistan to authorize the return of bodily remains to family members of the victims residing in Balochistan; (c) condemn disproportionate military attacks, forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and torture and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment used in assaulting the Baloch people; (d) call for the immediate release of the approximately sixty Baloch people, including prominent leader Mr. Abdula Fatah, arrested by Iran in the Spring of 2012; (e) call on Iran to give the arrested protestors access to a fair trial and legal representation, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (f) call on Iranian and Pakistani governments to allow the United Nations and other international agencies to provide humanitarian assistance to the Baloch people; (g) call on Pakistan and Iran to protect the cultural, language and religious rights of the Baloch; and (h) call on the Pakistani government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.