E/CN.4/1995/91 page 81 automatically becoming Muslim according to Islamic beliefs. These two persons are said to have been released following their forced conversion. Moreover, it is claimed that article 126 of the new Penal Code adopted in 1991 provides for the death penalty for apostasy. The Special Rapporteur has also been informed of the case: Father Ismaël Gibriel, arrested for the first time in 1992 and released after one and a half months in detention, who is reported to have been imprisoned again on the grounds of allegedly supporting the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army. The Sudanese Government is also said to be Islamizing education. The 1992 the General Education Regulation Act is alleged to establish the supremacy of Islamic culture and to stipulate that Islamic instruction and the use of the Arabic language are compulsory at all levels of education. Further, the Minister of Education is reported to have announced on television that all schools and their students are required to conform to the Islamic way of life. He is also said to have announced Parliament’s confirmation of government regulations instructing students to comply with the Islamic code of dress. Catholic missionary schools are reported to have been forced to close in 1992 and 1993 because of their refusal to abide by this code. This Islamization of education is further reported to have led to the dismissal of university teaching staff and to the arrest, detention and torture of members of the academic community. It is claimed that the University of Khartoum is under a permanent state of siege, that the university press is censored and that all written material not in conformity with Islam is destroyed. The media are also reported to be subject to a policy of Islamization. Since March 1992, the weekly Christian radio programme is said to have been suspended without explanation. In May 1992, the editor-in-chief of Radio Juba is said to have been detained for 10 days for having announced the beatification of the Sudanese Sister Bakhita. Publication of a column written by a Copt priest in the Sunday edition of Soudan Moderne is said to have been suspended." Sri Lanka In a communication dated 5 September 1994, the Special Rapporteur sent the following observations to the Government of Sri Lanka: "According to the information received, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have expelled all the Muslims from the areas in the north of the country under their control. They are also reported to have expropriated all the property of the Muslims and to have threatened them with death if they try to return. LTTE is also said to have severely restricted the freedom of movement of Tamils living in the areas under their control, to have demanded that any person wishing to travel outside those areas pay an