A/HRC/10/8/Add.1 page 57 arrest or detention”. Similarly, the Human Rights Council resolution 6/37 urges States to “take all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility and violence, with particular regard to religious minorities”. Furthermore, in letters sent to the Government on 28 March 2008 and 28 January 2009, the Special Rapporteur reiterated her wish to visit the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in the framework of her mandate. Yemen Urgent appeal sent on 28 August 2008 jointly with the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working group on Arbitrary Detention 216. The Special Procedures mandate holders brought to the attention of the Government information they had received concerning the arrest and detention of Mr. Zia’u’llah Pourahmari, Mr. Keyvan Qadari, Mr. Behrooz Rohani and Mr. Sayfi Ibrahim Sayfi, who are members of the Bahá’í community in Sana’a. On the night of 20-21 June 2008, national security officials reportedly arrested six Bahá’í members in Sana’a, including the above mentioned individuals as well as Mr. Walid Ayyash and Mr. Mohammad Al-Qulathi, who are both Yemeni citizens, during raids in two private homes. Two days later, on 23 June 2008, eight individuals (five of whom were armed) came with search warrants to the home of Dr. Moein Pourahmari (the son of one of the detainees) which is used as a meeting place for the national and local Bahá’í Assemblies. The officials conducted a thorough search, photographed the rooms, and confiscated files related to the Bahá’í National Assembly as well as the Assembly’s computer. They specifically requested a list of all Bahá’ís living in Yemen. 217. On 12 July 2008, national security officers came to get Mr. Sinan Sayfi, the son of another one of the detainees, and interrogated him for two hours before releasing him later the same day. They repeatedly asked him to write down the names of all the Bahá’ís in Yemen and accused him of spying for Israel. Reportedly, the six Bahá’ís members, two of which are Yemeni, three are of Iranian background and one is Iraqi, were detained without charge for six weeks and held in solitary cells. On 2 August 2008, all six detainees were transferred to the “criminal investigation jail”, where they remained in custody while their cases were being investigated further. 218. Family members were eventually able to visit some of the detainees and at least one of them had access to legal counsel. The lawyer was told that all six of them were being charged with apostasy. The two Yemeni citizens, Mr. Walid Ayyash and Mr. Mohammad Al-Qulathi, have reportedly been released in the meantime but it remains unclear whether all charges have been dropped against them. 219. It is reported that a decision on the charges regarding Mr. Zia’u’llah Pourahmari, Mr. Keyvan Qadari, Mr. Behrooz Rohani and Mr. Sayfi Ibrahim Sayfi is imminent and concerns have been raised that they may be deported subsequently to the Islamic Republic of Iran or the Republic of Iraq, respectively. Concerns were expressed that the arrest and detention of Mr. Zia’u’llah Pourahmari, Mr. Keyvan Qadari, Mr. Behrooz Rohani and Mr. Sayfi Ibrahim Sayfi might be solely connected to the exercise of their right to freedom of religion or belief. Further concern was expressed that in the event of their reportedly imminent deportation to Iran or Iraq they might be subjected to arbitrary arrests and detention.