E/CN.4/1995/91 page 54 al Khoei Foundation would have been killed while travelling home from a visit in Kerbala accompanied by his brother-in-law, Amin Khalkhali and his six-year-old nephew. The three passengers and the driver of their car would have been killed. The car would have been totally burned and the bodies mutilated on the highway linking Kerbala and Najaf. The Special Rapporteur would like to express his deep concern and would be grateful to your Government to provide him with any relevant information as well as with its view and observations." In a communication dated 5 October 1994, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following allegations to the Government of Iraq: "According to information received, the Assyro-Chaldeans and the Shiite Muslim community are subjected to numerous acts of religious intolerance. The Assyro-Chaldeans It is reported that Bishop Margigiz of Baghdad suspended a young 36-year-old priest, Emmanuel Yuhanna residing at Dohuk and working for the Eastern Assyrian (Nestorian) Church at Mansouriya, in April 1994. The latter was allegedly informed of this measure on his return from a journey abroad for medical reasons, the official explanation given being his unauthorized absence from the parish. However, according to some reports, Bishop Margigiz was compelled to take this disciplinary measure under pressure from State officials. The Shiite Muslim community The Special Rapporteur has been informed of the death of Muhammad Taqi al-Khoei, son of the late Grand Ayatollah al-Khoei and Secretary-General of the al-Khoei Foundation. The latter was travelling in the company of his brother-in-law Amin Khalkhali, his six-year-old nephew and his chauffeur. On the way back from a visit to Karbala, their car apparently crashed into an unlit lorry blocking the motorway at around 11 p.m. The driver and the child reportedly died instantly, while Taqi and Amin Khalkhali bled to death, abandoned at the roadside. It is reported that an ambulance arrived at 4 a.m. in order to remove the bodies and that, that same morning, Government officials buried the bodies in a hurry without any respect for rituals and notwithstanding the objections of the deceased persons’ relatives. It seems that the incident of the unlit lorry blocking the road was staged intentionally in order to kill Muhammad Taqi al-Khoei. In recent months, Muhammad Taqi al-Khoei had reportedly been threatened on various occasions because of his activities for the al-Khoei Foundation abroad. One week before his death, he was allegedly summoned to Baghdad and told that he would not be allowed to leave Iraq for the annual meeting of the governors of the al-Khoei Foundation. Moreover, a few hours before