E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 37 139. In Resolution 1998/77, the Commission on Human Rights also recognizes that persons performing military service may develop conscientious objections. The Special Rapporteur would also like to emphasize the concluding observations adopted by the Human Rights Committee on 25 April 2005 (CCPR/CO/83/GRC) further to the initial periodic report submitted by Greece (CCPR/C/GRC/2004/1), which states that, “The Committee is concerned that the length of alternative service for conscientious objectors is much longer than military service, and that the assessment of applications for such service is solely under the control of the Ministry of Defence (Article 18). The State party should ensure that the length of service alternative to military service does not have a punitive character, and should consider placing the assessment of applications for conscientious objector status under the control of civilian authorities.” (Paragraph 15) India Communication sent on 20 January 2005 140. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received according to which, following the tsunami disaster, in Tamil Nadu, a number of Dalits had been denied aid supplies and expelled from relief camps by higher caste groups who refused to eat with them or live under the same roof. In the relief camps of the port town of Nagapattinam, Dalits were allegedly not being allowed to drink water from tanks placed by UNICEF. In the tsunami-hit areas, food and cash distributions normally took place in Hindu temples, often the only structures still standing because they were built from solid granite. Reports indicated that Dalits were left out in these distributions due to the fact that as 'untouchables' they were not allowed to enter the halls of worship. Dalits had allegedly carried out much of the initial work in the immediate aftermath of the disaster such as carrying away dead bodies and disposing animal carcasses because upper caste people consider such work taboo and socially degrading. Communication sent on 17 May 2005 141. The Special Rapporteur was informed that, on 19 April 2005, 200 persons, some of them carrying weapons, launched an attack and set fire to the “Believer’s Church” in Lamding village, Tentha Lamkhai area, State of Manipur, which was still under construction. Mr. Romol, Mr. S. Tombi, Mr. O. Tiken, and Mr. L. Thoiba, all local Christians, were injured. The church had been attacked twice in the recent past (in early April 2005 and November 2004) and a local court had ordered police to provide security while reconstruction took place. However, it was not clear whether security was provided. 142. In a similar incident, a large number of villagers attacked a Christian house church on 1 May 2005 in Mangalwarapete village, Karnataka state. They harassed the 60 people present at the service and burned Christian literature. They beat Pastor Paulraj Raju of King Jesus Church and injured his wife and another elder of the Church. The latter had been attacked and asked to leave the district by villagers earlier this year. Pastor Raju had also been in detention between January and March 2005 on charges of converting Hindus.