E/CN.4/2004/63 page 9 Republic of Belarus, its constitutional system or civic harmony, or that is likely to violate the law or the civil liberties of citizens, and that prevents citizens from discharging their public, social or family duties or is detrimental to their health or morality”, are compatible with article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 28. With regard to the Belarusian Autocephalic Orthodox Church, the Government points out that its representative has been defrocked and excommunicated by the Belarusian Orthodox Church and that his application to have his church registered was rejected because the documents submitted did not meet the legal requirements. 29. The decision to reject the registration of the parish of Saint-Jean de Kronstadt, which claims to be part of the Crimean diocese of the Real Russian Orthodox Church - a decision that was confirmed by the courts - was taken on the basis of an expert denominational study and the conclusions of the Committee on Religious and Ethnic Affairs, in accordance with the legislation on freedom of conscience and religious organizations. 30. With regard to the Hindu “Light of Kaylasa” community, the Government replied, by letter of 26 September 2003, that the community had not submitted the documents required for registration, that the events of 1 June 2003 stemmed from a neighbourhood disturbance and that no member of the community had been prosecuted. 31. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank the Government of Belarus for its detailed replies, while pointing out that freedom of religion or belief is itself boundless even though certain restrictions may be applied to displays of that freedom. 32. The third communication concerns reports that religious communities experience many difficulties in building places of worship or recovering those seized during the Soviet period. It is reported that building permission for a social centre in which services could have been held was withdrawn at the last minute from the leader of the Full Gospel Church in Minsk, whose community is desperately short of places of worship. Lutherans and Calvinists are also said to have great difficulty in obtaining the return of churches handed over to the Orthodox Church. Bulgaria 33. See paragraphs 26 to 28 of the interim report. China 34. The first two communications are dealt with in paragraphs 29 to 35 of the interim report. 35. In a letter dated 14 October 2003, the Government sent a detailed reply, the full text of which is being circulated as a separate document of the Commission at its sixtieth session. In its reply, the Government stresses that Falun Gong is not a religion but an increasingly violent “antisocial, anti-science, anti-human sect” and that its prohibition by the authorities is completely legal. Moreover, the allegations of torture and other ill-treatment are unfounded.