E/CN.4/1993/62 page 38 of the Ecumenical Patriarch, had come to the Saint Elias Skete Monastery together with representatives of the Pantocratos Monastery and armed Greek police who forced the monks at gun-point to leave the Saint Elias Monastery at once. No documents signed by any authority were presented to justify the eviction. The Greek authorities are alleged to have confiscated the monks’ passports (all of whom are American citizens) and their Greek identification cards and had allegedly threatened to place them under arrest. On 25 May, Father Ioannikios is said to have called the Civil Governor of Tessaloniki, Mr. Constantine Papoulidis, who told him that he had no responsibility and no authority in the matter and that Father Ioannikios should write a petition to the monastic government, the Sacred Community of Athos." 33. In December 1992, the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office at Geneva informed the Special Rapporteur that the reply to the above-mentioned allegations was forthcoming. India 34. On 31 August 1992, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following information to the Government of India: "According to the information received, incidents of discrimination against Indian citizens belonging to the Christian faith have occurred persistently. In particular, a number of incidents of intimidation of tribal Christians aimed at forcibly converting them to Hinduism have been reported. According to the sources, one of the most prominent leaders of a recent campaign of intimidation is Mr. Judeo Singh, a Hindu revivalist from Madhya Pradesh, who is the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janta Party which recently came to power in this State. He is said to have intimidated tribal Christian clergy and missionaries in the districts of Raigarh and Sarguja. It has been reported that Mr. Judeo and his followers have organized massive religious conversion rallies in the Kumbichuha and Bakruma villages and that many Christians have been taken out of their houses to rivers by force and converted to the Hindu faith. Many Christians are said to have preferred to convert to Hinduism in order to avoid being subjected to attacks. It has been alleged that no action has been taken against such activities even after a report had been filed with the police, resulting in a feeling of fear and insecurity among the Christian community in Madhya Pradesh. It has been reported that the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act 1968 prohibits conversion by force, allurement or by fraudulent means. It has been alleged further that a bill having a direct bearing on religious educational institutions founded by missionaries is currently being promulgated under the Private Colleges Act by the Government of Tamil Nadu. According to this bill, the management of Christian colleges would be entirely controlled by the Government, reportedly in violation of the constitutional guarantee provided for in articles 29 and 30 which, according to the allegations received, give special freedoms to the minority communities to manage their educational institutions without any interference from anyone".