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against the Government and inciting people to violence. Meanwhile, the leader of the FKM,
Alex Manuputty, was apprehended on 17 March 2002 on the basis of preliminary evidence
gathered by police and military investigators and charged with breaching article 106 of the
Criminal Code, on treason. The legal process is currently under way and both men are being
detained at the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta. A government instruction was issued
ordering the dissolution of FKM and the expulsion of reputed troublemakers, including
Laskar Jihad, from the province of Maluku. The directive, which came into effect
on 8 May 2002, also mandates door-to-door raids to be carried out by security personnel
deployed in the region in an effort to disarm militias and their supporters, as well as investigation
of all violations of the law perpetrated during the three years of fighting. On 6 May 2002,
President Megawati Soekarnoputri issued a decree stipulating the establishment of an
independent team to ensure an impartial investigation into the three-year sectarian conflict in the
region.
47.
The Special Rapporteur wishes to thank Indonesia for its precise and detailed reply and
for any further information it may provide on measures taken or envisaged to prevent religious
extremism.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
48.
On 11 July 2001, Maryam Ayoubi, a 30-year-old woman, was reportedly stoned to death
at Evin prison in Tehran because she had reportedly been found guilty, under Shariah law, of
adultery and murdering her husband.
49.
On 24 June 2001, a woman identified only as Robabeh was reportedly sentenced
to 50 lashes, to be followed by death by stoning, for adultery. Her unnamed male accomplice
was reportedly sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging.
Israel
50.
During the first week of May 2001, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), alleging security
reasons and without notification, broke into the convent of the Armenian Patriarchate’s property
at Baron Der in Bethlehem, which serves as a residence for Armenian monks who officiate in the
church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and is used for retreats and spiritual training.
51.
Notwithstanding the complaint lodged by the Armenian Patriarchate and various attempts
to settle the dispute, the Ministry of the Interior reportedly issued a six-month seizure order in
respect of the property, damage was caused inside and outside the property and the convent and
the perimeter wall was allegedly destroyed in order to open a military road.
52.
On 22 June 2002, an order was reportedly issued through the chief commander for the
West Bank, General Itshaq Eitan, and the Head of the Israeli Ministry of Defence to build a
security fence separating the Palestinian town of Bethlehem from Jerusalem.