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Christ, Marx and Mohamed and a Christian, Marxist and Muslim who bury and
eat the bodies. The play is also said to question what Christ, Marx and
Mohamed actually did for the world. Ten Indians who put on a production
of the play on 28 May 1992 at the Indian Social Centre as part of the
theatre festival organized by the ’Kerala Art Lovers Association’ are
said to have received the same sentence as Mr. Pillai, to be followed by
deportation. Following an appeal in 1993, 2 of the 10 Indians subject to
deportation reportedly had their sentences increased to 10 years."
Ethiopia
In a communication dated 5 September 1994, addressed to the Ethiopian
Government, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following comments:
"According to the information received, there have been serious
violations of religious freedom in Ethiopia.
Protestant churches are reported to have been subjected to
violations committed by members of the Orthodox Church.
During the first half of 1992, a young Protestant of the Mekane
Jesus Church was reported to have been killed and several hundred others
to have been wounded. In the provinces of Wollega and Kefa, 24 Lutheran
churches were allegedly set on fire and other religious buildings
ransacked. The Orthodox Church is alleged to have been responsible for
all these acts.
In 1992, in central Berthane, members of the Orthodox Church are
alleged to have committed acts of violence against members of the
Pentecostal Church. At Gojam, a group of young members of the Orthodox
Church are reported to have attacked an Evangelical Church member,
putting out an eye. At Alamatta, in the Wallo region, a Pentecostal
couple are said to have had to be married in a prison, under police
protection, after Orthodox followers had chased and beaten the guests.
At Debre Birhan, young Orthodox followers are reported to have beaten and
stabbed Pentecostals and to have destroyed their houses and belongings.
At Wolbareg, in the Gurage area, Orthodox followers are said to have
prevented Evangelicals from burying their dead in the cemetery beside
their church so that they were forced to travel to Addis Ababa,
50 kilometres distant, in order to perform the burials. Orthodox Church
members are also reported to have violated the tomb of an Evangelical
Christian in the cemetery of Debre Zeit on 8 December 1992.
According to certain reports, in late 1993 a number of attacks were
made on the Orthodox Church and particularly on Patriarch Abune Paulos.
These incidents appear to have involved armed attacks with bombs as well
as interruptions of religious services."