F/CN.4/1988/45 page 7 Restrictions are reported to concern a number of denominations, such as Baptists, Pentecostalists, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman Catholics, Russian Orthodox, Muslims, Jews and devotees of Hare Krishna. Furthermore, it has been alleged that, in recent years, several hundred Soviet religious believers have been arrested and sentenced to terms of imprisonment under laws which are restrictive of freedom of religion or thought, such as articles 142 (Violation of laws on the separation of Church and State and of Church and School) and 227 (Infringement of person and rights of citizens under appearance of performing religious ceremonies) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR), which have their equivalents in the criminal codes of the other Union Republics, or other articles of criminal law such as articles 190-1 (Circulating fabrications known to be false which slander the Soviet State and social system); 162 (Engaging in an illegal trade); 206 (Hooliganism); 209-1 (Parasitism); 190-3 (Organizing or participating in groups which disturb public order); and 70 (Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda) of the Criminal Code. A number of religious believers have allegedly been confined in psychiatric hospitals. It has also been alleged that while serving their terms of imprisonment, religious prisoners may be singled out for punishment on account of their beliefs. It has been alleged that religious believers are subjected to various forms of harassment and discrimination, such as public criticism in the media, harassment of children at school, exclusion from access to higher education or public positions, discrimination in professional advancement and housing, and restrictions on the right to leave the country. It has been reported that Soviet legislation forbids religious indoctrination of children outside the home, and that registered congregations therefore give up the right to teach religion to children. It has been alleged, that in numerous cases, Baptists, Pentecostalists and Adventists have been deprived of their parental rights and had some or all of their children taken into the care of the State." 16. Replies to the information communicated by the Special Rapporteur have been received from the Governments of Bulgaria, Turkey, the Soviet Union and Burundi. Bulgaria 17. On 7 September 1987, the Government of Bulgaria sent the Special Rapporteur a reply recalling international obligations and internal legislative provisions guaranteeing enjoyment of religious rights and freedoms in Bulgaria and stating, inter alia: "Being a Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance, you would be interested, I expect, in the realities with regard to religious beliefs in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The prevailing majority of believers in Bulgaria are Christians, professing the Eastern Orthodox religion. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, founded over 11 centuries ago, played a positive role in the formation of the Bulgarian nation and its survival throughout its historical evolution. Oeorgi Dimitrov, the prominent leader of the Bulgarian people, one of the architects of modern Bulgaria, said: