E/CN.4/1991/56 page 68 45. In a communication dated 20 September 1990, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following information to the Government of Burundi: "According to information received, persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses has allegedly continued. Allegations have been made of cases of torture and confiscation of property. The authorities have allegedly not only tolerated such acts but have continued to incite the local population. According to the same information, Jehovah's Witnesses are rejected by the population on the grounds that they are 'unpatriotic'. The most recent acts of violence are said to include the arrest in the regions of Kinyinya and Gitega of three children, two secondary-school students and a young girl, who were allegedly beaten on two occasions." China 46. In a communication dated 8 November 1989 addressed to the Chinese Government (E/CN.4/1990/46, para. 37) the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been reported that the Government authorities have announced that no further admission of monks in the monasteries of Tibet will be tolerated, that no monasteries may be renovated without the Government's approval and that no donations for monasteries may be requested or given. Furthermore, at least two of the largest monasteries near Lhasa, Sera and Drepung, are reportedly surrounded by armed troops. A third monastery near Lhasa, Ganden, has soldiers allegedly stationed at the entrance. The following Buddhist monks and nuns were reportedly killed during or after a peaceful demonstration that took place in Lhasa on 5 March 1989: Gyurme (M), Gelong (M) and a nun, sister of Apho Gonpo. The following Buddhist monks and nuns were allegedly arrested during or after the above-mentioned demonstration: Ven Jigme (M), Wangdu (M), Phakchol (M), Trachung (M), Kangzuk (F), Ven Dawa (M), Yeshi Choephel (M), four unnamed (M) of Gyutoe monastery, three unnamed (M) of Toelung Shongpa Lhachu monastery, Yeshi Palden (M), Ngawang Palkar (M), Ngawang Tenkyong (M), Thupten Wangchuk (M), Rabsel (M), Rigsang (M), Lobsang Gyatso (M), Sonam Wangdu (M), Trinley (M), Tsultrim (M), Phuntsog Tobgyal (M), Ugyen (M), Dorje (M), Tsedor (M), Topjhor (M), Lhodup (M) and Ngawang (M). Six nuns, namely Ngawang Chosum, Ngawang Pema, Lobsang Chodon, Phuntsog Tensin, Pasang Dolma and Dawa Lhanzum, have allegedly been sent for three years' hard labour and re-education following their detention for chanting slogans calling for Tibetan independence. The six nuns were reportedly arrested on 2 September 1989 and condemned two weeks later, not by the judiciary but by the Lhasa Bureau of Labour and Re-education." 47. On 24 January 1990, the Government of China sent its comments to the Special Rapporteur regarding the above-mentioned information: "The incident which took place in Lhasa from 5 to 7 March last year was aimed at splitting Chinese territory and undermining unity among nationalities and it was a riot staged through violence and terrorist means. It was, therefore, by no means a 'peaceful demonstration'. A handful of splittists