E/CN.A/1992/52 page 4 II. SPECIFIC INCIDENTS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES EXAMINED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 17. In addition to the general questionnaire addressed to all Governments on 25 July 1990, the Special Rapporteur addressed specific requests to a number of Governments in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 12 of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1991/48, which invites the Special Rapporteur "to seek the views and comments of the Government concerned on any information which he intends to include in his report," and with the provisions of paragraph 13 which calls upon Governments "to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur, inter alia, by responding expeditiously to requests for such views and comments". In these specific communications the Special Rapporteur requested any comments concerning information on situations which seemed to involve a departure from the provisions of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, particularly those dealing with the enjoyment of the right of freedom of thought, conscience and religion (arts. 1 and 6 ) ; the prevention, elimination and prohibition of discrimination and intolerance on the grounds of religion or belief in the recognition, exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms (arts. 2-4); and the right of parents to organize the life within the family in accordance with their religious beliefs and the right of children to have access to a religious education in accordance with the wishes of their parents, as well as the right of children to be protected from any form of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief (art. 5 ) . 18. As of 15 December 1991, the following Governments had replied to the specific communications transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur during 1991: China, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Morocco, Thailand. 19. In addition, following specific communications transmitted to Governments during 1990, the Special Rapporteur received in 1991 replies from the Governments of Dominican Republic, Ghana, Pakistan. Both the specific communications and the replies to them are included in this report. China 20. In a communication sent 10 May 1991 addressed to the Government of China, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "According to the information received, Mr. Lobsang Tsering (aged 4 2 ) , a businessman from Lhasa, was picked up on 19 October 1990 in Gyantse by officials of the Public Security Bureau (Gon An J u ) . It has been reported that Mr. Lobsang Tsering was accused of photocopying and distributing at the beginning of 1990 a prayer entitled 'Tsemed Yonten' or 'Tensik Monlam' to 800 monks at Kantse (Kartse) Monastery in Kham. It has further been reported that it is not known where Mr. Lobsang Tsering is being held and that he may have been transferred outside the region.

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