E/CN.4/1990/46 page 37 been threatened with dismissal if they continue to take part in religious activities. It is also reported that the production, importing and distribution of religious works, particularly the Bible, has been severely restricted. "These measures and restrictions, which are said to apply both to the 14 churches and faiths with legal status and to faiths that are not recognized, are illustrated by individual cases such as the following: "(a) Constantin Lungoci, Petrica Morosan, Zaharia Morosan, Vasile Chindris and Constantin Cirdei, Christians from the region of Suceava, who belong to the illegal evangelical movement "Army of the Lord" are said to have been arrested in 1989, between February and April, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 3 to 4 1/2 years for attending illegal prayer meetings in private houses; "(b) Valentin Rusu, Gheorghe Jacobuta and Nicolas Jacob, Baptists, are said to have been arrested on the eve of the demolition by the authorities of the Baptist church at Comanesti near Bacau. The reason given for the demolition was that the church had been built without permission. The members of the congregation, however, claim to have been given verbal permission. The three Baptists and three accomplices were accused of building the church with stolen materials. Two other Baptists arrested at the same time, Pastor Ivan Chivoin and Mihai Cretu, were released. The accused's trial began on 10 August 1989 at Gheorghe Georgiu-Dej. Janos Csilik, Catholic priest of Oradea, is said to have received serious injuries to his hands during interrogation about the members of his parish; "(c) Laszlo Tokes, pastor of the Reformed Church at Timisoara, is alleged to have been dismissed from his position in 1988 for critisizing the constant decline in the quota of students admitted to study theology. In August 1989, he was questioned by the Securitate (secret police) after giving an interview on Hungarian television, on 24 July 1989, in which among other things he criticized the rural systematization campaign. In September 1989, several members of the congregation were subjected to pressure and threats designed to create a conflict between the congregation and Tokes; "(d) Erno Ujvarossy, a businessman and close associate of Pastor Laszlo Tokes, and an active member of the Reformed Church in Timisoara, was threatened with dismissal or transfer to another post, in order to discourage him from pursuing his activities on behalf of the Reformed Church. On 12 September 1989, he disappeared in mysterious circumstances. On 14 September, he was found dead in a wood outside Timisoara; "(e) The Roman Catholic Bishop Jakab Antal was allegedly forced in February 1989 to cancel a mass which was to have been celebrated at Cluj in honour of his late predecessor, Bishop Aron Marton. Two priests who disregarded the order to cancel the commemorative meetings for Marton were removed from their positions."

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