E/CN.4/1989/44 paqe 39 "All the three cases involved activities exceeding the framework of legality as set by the Constitution and the law and thus establishing liability to penal sanctions under the law. (Two names provided) committed, moreover, acts which, while being totally unrelated to the exercise of the right to freedom of religion, had a bearing on the security of the State. "The action taken by the Czechoslovak judicial authorities fully conforms to article 1, paragraph 3, of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief as well as to article 18, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." 69. On the same date, the Permanent Mission of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic communicated the reply of the Czechoslovak Government to the Special Rapporteur's letter of 19 October. The reply stated, in particular: "For four years, (name qiven) wrote and duplicated a number of illeqal writings and reviews, which in addition to irreproachable articles on religious subjects also contained articles and phrases constituting propaganda for the period of the so-called Slovak State ... a fascist puppet vassal of Hitlerian Germany during the period 1939-1945. (Name given) used his writings for propaganda for the clerical-fascist movement and its leaders. The latter were sentenced to death in 1947 by the National Court for their anti-populist activity during the period of the so-called Slovak State, for their participation in the Second World War, the persecution of progressive, anti-fascist forces, the extermination of the Jewish population and war crimes during the repression of the national Slovak insurrection. "In the publications produced and distributed by him, (name given) also attacked the constitutional order in Czechoslovakia and the country's constitutional authorities and territorial integrity; he sowed discord between the Czech and Slovak nations. "Under article 98 (1) and (2) (b) of the Criminal Code, (name given) was sentenced on 17 June 1988 by the regional court of Banska Bystrica to four years' imprisonment for the offence of subversion of the Republic. "The Supreme Court of the Socialist Slovak Republic at Bratislava confirmed the sentence on 30 August 1988. "As emerges from the above facts, the sentencing of (name given) has no relation with the practice of religious freedoms as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and by the relevant leqal regulations." Turkey 70. In a communication of 3 October 1980 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been alleqed that more than 50 people have been arrested since mid-February 1988 for participation in Christian religious activities or the distribution of Christian literature. Most of them were reportedly charged With 'Christian propaganda'.