E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 66 Area, the Law on the Stay and Movement of Foreigners and the Law on Religious Communities and Religious Groups. The Law on Crossing the State Border and Movement in the Border Area stipulates that the border may be crossed with a valid passport and the previous establishment of t h e identity of the person that crosses the border. A foreigner may not be allowed to enter the Republic of Macedonia in cases stated in the Law, or on the basis of international or reciprocal agreements. 255. Furthermore, in accordance with article 69 of the Law on the Stay and Movement of Foreigners, a foreigner may wear a uniform during his/her stay in the Republic of Macedonia if he or she is a member of a diplomatic or consular mission o f a foreign State, or a member of a foreign military mission or other delegation. 256. In addition to provisions contained in the above-mentioned laws, in cases where priests come upon the invitation of a religious community of the Republic of Macedonia, the police border organs require consent by the Commission for Relations with Religious Communities and Groups of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. This is in accordance with article 5 of the Law on Religious Communities and Religious Groups, which provides that religious activities and ceremonies in the Republic of Macedonia, upon a request of the religious community or a religious group, may be performed by foreign nationals with the previous approval of the organ in charge of issues related to religious communities or religious groups. The violation of this provision is sanctioned by article 29 of this Law, which provides that a fine of 30,000-50,000 dinars shall be imposed on foreign nationals who perform religious ceremonious or religious instruction in a religious school without previous approval. 257. The Government finally indicated that, under the Law on the Stay and Movement of Foreigners, in particular article 2, paragraph l, foreigners staying in the Republic of Macedonia are obliged to respect the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, the laws and other regulations and decisions of State organs, as well as to act in accordance with Macedonia’s obligations under international treaties, which give the State grounds for undertaking measures against the foreign national, i.e. to interrupt the stay and prescribe the security measure of prohibition of entry in the Republic of Macedonia for a certain period of time (art. 30). Turkey Follow-up to previously transmitted communication 258. By letter dated 22 January 2004, the Government of Turkey responded to a communication sent by the Special Rapporteur on 13 October 2003 concerning the case of the Keçiören Gospel Church. The Government first indicated to the Special Rapporteur that the church in question was located at an address different from the one given in the letter of the Special Rapporteur. The Government then stressed that, after the acts against the church, a public lawsuit was filed with the Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 4 against Tuncay Ergön, on the grounds of “attempting to use a knife in a brawl, aggressive drunkenness, and attempting to set fire to a building”. The first hearing of the case

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