E/CN.4/2000/16 page 34 Federation (public incitement to changing by violence the constitutional order of the Russian Federation) on 13 October 1998. The inquiry into the facts of the case was entrusted to the Directorate of Federal Security Services for the city and region of Moscow. After verifying the statements made by A.M. Makashov, the Procurator-General began proceedings for a breach of paragraph 1 of article 282 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred on national, racial or religious grounds). Special attention is being given to the investigation of this case. 146. Following the statements made by the Head of Administration of the territory of Krasnodar, M.I. Kondratenko, during the Kuban Youth Forum of 27 February 1988 and those made by V.I. Ilioukhin, Chairman of the Defence Committee (State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly) during the meeting of the Special Committee of the State Duma on 15 December 1988, the Procurator-General opened an enquiry. Eventually the case was dropped, since the statements of N.I. Kondratenko and V.I. Ilioukhin did not constitute either public incitement to changing the constitutional order by violence nor incitement to hatred on national, racial or religious grounds. Moreover, V.I. Ilioukhin was addressing a small group of members of the Special Committee of the State Duma, and his statement was only made public through the intermediary of the media. 147. The Procurator-General’s Department is devoting increased attention to combating political extremism and in particular to the enforcement of Presidential Decree No. 310 of 23 March 1995 concerning coordination of the action of the public authorities to combat manifestations of fascism and other forms of political extremism in the Russian Federation. The highest authorities in the State are kept regularly informed of measures taken in that sphere. G. India Case 1999/1: Racist violence against Dalits 148. It has been reported that on Monday, 25 January 1999, about 10 members of the Ranvir Sena, an outlawed landlord militia, attacked Shankarbigha, a village in Bihar. Most of the victims, who were dragged out of their homes and shot at point-blank range, were lower-caste Hindus. Government reply 149. No reply has been received to date. H. Islamic Republic of Iran Case 1999/1: Allegations of anti-Semitism 150. It has been alleged that “theoretically, the 25,000 Jews living in Iran enjoy freedom of worship and are protected by the Iranian Government. Most of them work in the textile sector and have a reasonable economic position. They can also pray in their synagogues and, like the other minorities, have a representative in the Madjliss, the Iranian Parliament”.