E/CN.4/1992/52 page 26 civilian service. He repeated that he had not received information concerning the procedure to be followed when he was conscripted. In October 1990, the Minister of Defence rejected his request because it had been made after the statutory time-limit. It was alleged that on 13 September 1990, Mr. Bouteraon, who is still serving his 15-month prison sentence for refusing to do military service, was transferred to a civilian prison at Colmar pending his appeal to Colmar Appeal Court on 6 November 1990. He is also said to have appealed to the Court of Cassation." 38. Additional information as follows was transmitted under annex II: "The Special Rapporteur has received the following allegation from Miss Nour Ali. Miss Nour Ali made the allegation in an oral statement to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-seventh session. Miss Nour Ali, who is 12 years old, of Iraqi origin and a practising Muslim, says that she was refused admission to the Lycée international in Ferney-Voltaire, a State school, from October 1990, for wearing a headscarf. She wore the headscarf out of personal religious conviction, and had even done gymnastics with it for two years at primary school without any problem. While aware of the fact that the countries of origin of persons who mightfind themselves in similar situations do not always apply reciprocity with respect to the religious tolerance required of the host country, the Special Rapporteur nevertheless wished to hear the official position of the French authorities on this matter." 39. In a communication addressed to the Government of Ghana on 15 June 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/56, para. 61) the following information was transmitted: "It has been reported that the Government has imposed a freeze on any activity of Jehovah's Witnesses. An official statement allegedly ordered that their meeting places remain closed throughout the country and that their office at Nungua stop operating. It has further been reported that Mr. Gaylord F. Burt, an American missionary, was expelled from the country on 15 June 1989, together with members of his staff." 40. A reminder sent on 14 May 1991 concerning the allegations of 15 June 1990. 41. On 18 June 1991, the Government of Ghana sent comments to the Special Rapporteur regarding the above-mentioned allegations. "It is true that for moral as well as security reasons the activities of some religious sects have had to be temporarily frozen in Ghana and some foreign instigators expelled. However, there has been no persecution or harassment whatsoever against the members of such sects. The churches have been allowed to keep control of all church properties while the appropriate governmental organizations investigate those activities detrimental to the civic upliftment and development of the country.