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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.