E/CN.4/1990/46 page 5 Afghanistan 22. In a communication of 13 October 1989 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been reported that Maulavi Abdur Rauf, khatib and imam of Wazir Alcbar Khan Ward, Congressional Mosque of Kabul, was imprisoned for his preachings. At the time of the receipt of this report he was allegedly being held at the Pul-i-Charlaki prison. Subsequent reports indicate that he has been released after having spent seven months in prison. It has further been alleged that his detention was ordered by the Government subsequent to a service on the first day of Ramadan during which his preachings were reportedly considered offensive by the authorities." Albania 23. In a communication addressed to the Government on 29 May 1987 (E/CN.4/1988/45, para. 15), the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been alleged that the enforcement of various legal provisions has led to serious violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Such provisions include those contained in Decree No. 4337 of 22 November 1967 ordering the annulment of the religious charters and of all laws pertaining to State-Church relationships, prohibiting all religious rites and imposing grave penalties on violators; articles 37 and 55 of the 1976 Constitution, proclaiming that the State recognizes no religion whatsoever and forbidding all religious activities and organizations, while encouraging atheism, and article 55 of the 1977 Penal Code, which lays down penalties, such as the death sentence in some cases, for religious activities. "It has been alleged that the official abolition of religion in Albania has resulted in the persecution of believers and the killing of hundreds of priests and believers, and that the fate of many clerics, Muslims and Christians, remains unknown. It has been alleged that there exist a number of prisons, concentration camps and areas of internal exile for religious convicts. All religious buildings, including 2,169 mosques, churches, monasteries and other religious institutions, have allegedly been shut down. A case has been reported where a priest was allegedly executed for baptizing a child in a labour camp at the parents' request; in another instance it was alleged that a priest received a sentence termed 'life until death1 for having baptized two newborn children." 24. In a communication addressed to the Government on 21 July 1988 (E/CN.4/1989/44, para. 27), the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "... It has been recently reported that religious believers are still being sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for making the sign of the cross, keeping religious symbols in their homes or vocalizing a prayer."