A/HRC/4/21/Add.1 page 16 Urgent appeal sent on 26 June 2006 47. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received regarding new threats made against the Ahmaddiyya community. According to the information received, on 22 June 2006, an anti Ahmadiyya outfit, Khatme Nabuwwat Andolon, published an advertisement in the Daily Inqilab under the headline “An open letter to the Honourable Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Speaker of the National Parliament and Members of Parliament”. The article allegedly threatened the Government to declare Ahmadis “non-Muslims” and stated, inter alia, “Though the activists of Khatme Nabuwwat have taken strong measures like imposing sieges but due to the peace-loving and law-abiding mentality of their leadership no untoward incident like loss of life or other lawlessness has occurred so far. Even after showing this much of restrain, the failure and negligence on the part of the Government in this regard, the Prophet-lovers are now ready to sacrifice their lives for this just and logical demand. But once loss of lives occurs in this sensitive issue related to the honour of our Holy Prophet, there is a possibility for the ongoing anti Qadianee movement to turn into a Qadianee-eliminating movement. Therefore, it is urged that you declare the Qadianees as nonMuslim and pass a law preserving the honour of the Holy Prophet in the current Parliament session before the siege programme of the Qadianee Den at Ashkona on the 23rd of June, 2006. We are ready to cooperate with Government in this regard.” 48. The Special Rapporteur also recalled that previous communications in relation to this issue have been sent to the Government of Bangladesh in 2004 and 2005. Response from Government dated 29 June 2006 49. The Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh reported to the OHCHR that it has forwarded the case to the concerned authorities of Bangladesh for necessary inquiry and action. It assured that the request will be carefully considered as it deserves. Observations 50. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Permanent Mission for acknowledging the communication. However, taking into account the serious character of the situation faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh, she regrets that she has neither received a substantive reply to the urgent appeal of 26 June 2006 nor to her previous communication dated 10 March 2005 (see E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1, paras. 27-29). The Special Rapporteur therefore continues to urge the Government to take concrete measures to eliminate acts of religious intolerance towards the Ahmadiyya community in accordance with article 8(a) of the 2005/40 Resolution of the Commission on Human Rights, which urges States to step up their efforts to eliminate intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief, notably by “[t]aking all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, with particular regard to religious minorities, and also to devote particular attention to practices that violate the human rights of women and discriminate against women, including in the exercise of their right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief”. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur would like to receive detailed information about the content of any relevant measures taken by the authorities. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur would like to refer to her