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found in a latrine pit. World Vision reportedly denied any involvement
in that desecration but continued to be subjected to petty annoyances by
the authorities.
According to some reports, on 3 September 1993, a Christian pilot
was killed in the north-east of the country, when armed men attacked a
UNICEF post.
The Special Rapporteur has also been informed that the inter-ethnic
conflicts between the Masai and the Kikuyu have resulted in massacres and
the destruction of Catholic and Evangelical churches. In October 1993,
500 Masai allegedly attacked some Catholic and Evangelical places of
worship in the south-west of the country and killed 10 persons from the
Kikuyu tribe. This outbreak of violence is said to be a response to
attacks, cattle-stealing and the murder of an elderly Masai, by Kikuyu
from Narok.
The Masai are said to have damaged a Catholic church and beaten up
some Kikuyu taking refuge there. An Evangelical church has allegedly
also been destroyed. According to the information transmitted, Solomon
Mwangi Kimemia, President of the Independent African Pentecostal Church
of the Narok region allegedly died on 19 October 1993, from injuries
sustained when he was bludgeoned by Masai. On 13 October 1993, Pastor
John Karamu of the Church of the Disciples of Christ was allegedly
subjected to the same ill-treatment, but reportedly survived his
injuries.
The Special Rapporteur has also received information that, on
13 February 1993, the police confiscated copies of a Christian religious
magazine called Watchman. On 16 February, the police allegedly arrested
the Reverend Jamlic Miano, editor of the magazine, as well as another
journalist. They were accused of sedition and allegedly held for three
weeks before being released on bail.
Finally, it would appear from all these communications, that
inter-religious tension, a certain amount of insecurity, the destruction
of places of worship and threats to the life and physical integrity of
priests and pastors allegedly help to create an atmosphere of religious
intolerance and endanger the exercise of the freedom of worship."
Lebanon
In a communication dated 12 September 1994, the Special Rapporteur
transmitted the following information to the Government of Lebanon:
"The Special Rapporteur has been informed of the attack on the
Church of Our Lady of Deliverance at Zouk on 27 February 1994. The act
reportedly left 11 dead and 54 injured among the congregation attending
mass. On 13 June, Samir Geagea, former head of the Lebanese militia and
seven of his associates were reportedly charged with involvement in the
attack and the death penalty called for.