A/HRC/10/8/Add.1 page 38 discrimination based on religion or belief, which has to be weighed against the possible reasons for disclosing the holder’s religion. On the same matter, in its resolution 63/181, the General Assembly urged States to step up their efforts to protect and promote freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, and to this end to ensure that “everyone has the right to refrain from disclosing information concerning one’s religious affiliation on [official documents] against one’s will.” Urgent appeal sent on 21 April 2008 jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 144. The Special Rapporteurs brought to the attention of the Government information regarding the situation of Mr. P. Uthayakumar, Legal Adviser of the Hindu Human Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), Mr. M. Manoharan, Counsel of HINDRAF, Mr. R. Kenghadharan, Counsel of HINDRAF, Mr. V. Ganabatirau and Mr. T. Vasanthakumar, members of HINDRAF. Since their arrest on 13 December 2007 under Section 8(1) of the Internal Security Act for allegedly carrying out activities that threatened national security, Mr. P. Uthayakumar, Mr. M. Manoharan, Mr. R. Kenghadharan, Mr. V. Ganabatirau and Mr. T. Vasanthakumar have reportedly been kept in solitary confinement for more than 16 hours a day, and have been exposed to light continuously in order to prevent them from sleeping and to disorientate them. Furthermore, they were denied their right to worship. They do not have access to temples and prayer rooms and no time to worship has been allocated to them. Observations 145. The Special Rapporteur regrets that she has not received a reply from the Government of Malaysia concerning the above mentioned allegations. She would like to refer to her framework for communications, more specifically to the international human rights norms and to the mandate practice concerning persons deprived of their liberty (see above, para.1, category III.2). She would like to stress that persons deprived of their liberty are in a particularly vulnerable situation, also with regard to freedom of religion or belief. It is therefore crucial to provide the personnel of detention facilities with adequate training, raising awareness and enhancing their sensitivity about their duty to promote and respect international human rights standards for the treatment of prisoners, in particular the right to freedom of religion or belief. Maldives Communication sent on 11 January 2008 jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur 146. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had regarding provisions in the draft Constitution about citizenship which might have an impact on freedom of religion or belief. The Peoples Special Majlis (Constitutional Assembly) had reportedly approved on 19 November 2007 an amendment to the draft Constitution, requiring all Maldivian citizens to be Muslims. The amendment includes a clause that “none except a