A/HRC/7/10/Add.1 page 48 report on Pakistan that “applying the death penalty for blasphemy appears disproportionate and even unacceptable” (see E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.1, para. 82). 199. International human rights law provides that States which retain the death penalty can only impose it for “the most serious crimes”. In interpreting Article 6(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Human Rights Committee has consistently rejected the imposition of a death sentence for offences that do not result in the loss of life, finding only cases involving murder not to raise concerns under the “most serious crimes” provision. As observed in the last report to the Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the conclusion to be drawn from a thorough and systematic review of the jurisprudence of all of the principal United Nations bodies charged with interpreting the “most serious crimes” provision, is that a death sentence can only be imposed in cases where it can be shown that there was an intention to kill which resulted in the loss of life (A/HRC/4/20, para. 53). Communication sent on 15 May 2007 200. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received concerning the arrest of four members from the Christian minority, Mr. Salamat Masih, Mr. Sheela Masih, Mr. Green Masih and Mr. Iffefaq Masih from Toba Tek Singh in Punjab province. According to the allegations received, on 1 April 2007, a report was filed with the Toba Tek Singh police, claiming that Mr. Salamat Masih and four other Christian persons were responsible for the desecration of posters containing Islamic verses. Blasphemy charges against these Christians were made in a First Information Report (FIR) although no inquiry by a police officer with a ranking of District Police Officer or above had been undertaken. Subsequently, about 80 young Muslims attacked the Christian homes close to Bakhshi Park and several Christians received injuries. When arriving at the scene of the incident, the city police did not take any action to intervene. Mr. Salamat Masih and Mr. Sheela Masih have been arrested, while the other people mentioned in the FIR have fled. Although Mr. Green Masih and Mr. Iffefaq Masih are not referred to in the FIR, they allegedly have also been detained by the police. The police has indicated that they will not be released until all those mentioned in the FIR are arrested. Observations 201. The Special Rapporteur regrets that she has not received a reply from the Government concerning the above mentioned allegation. She would like to refer to her framework for communications, more specifically to the international human rights norms and to the mandate practice concerning “Freedom of expression including questions related to religious conflicts, religious intolerance and extremism” (see above para. 1, category IV. 1.). Urgent appeal sent on 16 May 2007 202. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received regarding the members of the Christian community in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province. According to the information received, on 9 May 2007, Mr. Michael Masih from Charsadda received an anonymous letter which threatened the entire Christian community in Charsadda to “treat them with bombs” if they failed to either convert to Islam or leave the area within the next ten days. Members of the Christian community in Charsadda take this threat very seriously because additional threatening letters addressed to several video stores, girls’ schools and barbershops in the area have recently been followed by bomb attacks. The Christian