E/CN.4/1992/52 page 8 police teams were moved into these institutions. The admission of new monks and nuns has allegedly been banned. The numbers of teachers who are able to impart doctrine is said to be very small and declining. For example, it has been alleged that there were only two qualified teachers holding the geshe degree for 400 monks in Ganden Monastery. There are allegedly only 35 holders of the geshe degree at Sera Monastery, all of whom received their degrees more than thirty years ago. This is said to result in a significant generation gap between the novices and learned monks. As a result, only a small number are said to have reached the immediate level of training, especially since monks are reportedly only permitted to debate two hours each day. The Special Rapporteur was also informed that four Tibetan monks had been sentenced to an average of 15 years' imprisonment in November 1989 for translating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. According to the sources, severe restrictions on travel both inside the country and abroad were imposed as of 27 September 1990, in anticipation of the Kalachakra religious initiation ceremony which was to be held in December in India. Local authorities are said to have received an 'Instruction on Doing Correctly the Work of Dissuading the Masses from Leaving the Country', with a view to discouraging people from attending this important Buddhist ceremony. It has been alleged that the orders specifically concerned persons who are leaving the country 'to hear prayers'. It has also been alleged that persons who had travelled abroad to attend the Kalachakra ceremony have been arrested upon return and imprisoned for six months. The Special Rapporteur has been informed of the arrest of the following monks who are currently said to be detained in Drapchi Prison. Since no reasons for their arrest were reported, the Special Rapporteur would be grateful if the Government could provide information with regard to the section of the Criminal Code under which they have been charged as well as the circumstances surrounding their arrest (the names are provided in the common phonetic transliteration): 1. Lobsang Tsultrim, aged 75 Drepung Monastery 2. Khyentse Legdrug, aged 27 Namrab Dag Monastery (Lay name: Phurbu Tsering) 3. Ngawang Rangdrol, aged 20 Samye Monastery 4. Lobsang Yeshe, aged 26 Ganden Monastery 5. Lobsang Choejor, aged 32 Ganden Monastery (Lay name: Chunjor) 6. Lobsang Tashi, aged 28 Ganden Monastery (Lay name: Chungdak)