A/HRC/10/8/Add.1 page 30 a few days later. The three Bahá’ís were eventually found guilty of “taking part in the illegal occupation and use of government property”. They were fined and ordered to “cease their occupation of the said property” (i.e. the cemetery) and to “return it to its prior condition”, which would mean to exhume the deceased Bahá’í recently interred there. 110. Another incident includes the display of a petition on 19 September 2008, at the entrance of a large outdoor enclosed area in Tehran, in which the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, leads the noon-day prayer. This petition, provided for worshippers to sign, asked for the dissolution of “Bahá’íst institutions”. Reportedly, officials from the Ministry of Information were present in large numbers around the entrance to ensure that all worshippers signed the petition on their way in. Observations 111. The Special Rapporteur regrets that she has not received a reply from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the above mentioned allegations. She would like to refer to her framework for communications, more specifically to the international human rights norms and to the mandate practice concerning discrimination on the basis of religion or belief/inter-religious discrimination/tolerance (see above, para. 1, category II.1) and concerning the right to manifest one’s religion or belief and the teaching and dissemination of materials, including missionary activity (see above, para. 1, category I.3.f). 112. Furthermore, she would like to recall that the General Assembly resolution 63/181 urges States to step up their efforts to eliminate intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief, notably by taking all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, discrimination, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility or violence, with particular regard to members of religious minorities in all parts of the world. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur is very concerned by the continued violations of freedom of religion or belief suffered by members of the Bahá’í community. She urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure that the Bahá’í members who are currently detained receive a fair trial and she would like to recommend the presence of independent observers during the trials. Jordan Communication sent on 13 May 2008 113. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received regarding Mr. Muhammad Abbad Abd al-Qader Abbad, a Jordanian citizen. Reportedly, Mr. Abbad converted to Christianity fifteen years ago and is married to a Christian woman. On 23 March 2008, Mr. Abbad, his wife and their 9-year-old son were assaulted by relatives of another convert to Christianity who had sought sanctuary in Mr. Abbad’s home. After the incident, Mr. Abbad’s father reported his son to the police and sought to obtain custody of his two grandchildren. When Mr. Abbad attempted to file a complaint with the police on 24 March 2008, he was taken to the North Amman Shari’a court and charged with apostasy. Because Mr. Abbad claimed before the court that he was an atheist and not a Muslim when he converted to Christianity, Judge Faysal Khreisat sentenced him to one week of imprisonment for