E/CN.4/1989/44
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"Article 155, paragraph 1, stipulates that anyone who publishes or
who shows or who puts up posters, bills, letters or pictures which are
hostile to, or which insult the Indonesian Government and which encourage
hatred with the express purpose of distributinq such tracts to make their
contents known to a larqe audience will be sentenced to a maximum of
four years and six months.
"Mr. ... was also found guilty under article 55, paragraph 1, of the
Penal Code, the contents of which have already been detailed with
reference to the case of Mr. ...
"Having been found guilty under this Code, Mr. ... exercised his
right to appeal to the Supreme Court where a final judgement will be
delivered. The Supreme Court is currently in the process of taking that
decision.
"It should be noted that the magazine Al-Eikhwan distributed by the
accused contained articles which incite Muslim citizens of Indonesia to
rise up against the Government and which agitate for the birth of an
Islamic revolution. These types of articles which invite the overthrow
of a legitimate Government are clearly designed to produce social unrest
and disorder and are therefore against the prevailing laws and
regulations.
"(c) As regards the seminar on the essence of pilgrimage, it was
banned not because of its reliqious activities but because the orqanizers
contravened the prevailinq laws and requlations.
"(d) Reqarding the case of two Roman Catholic catechists (names
provided), who are allegedly detained in L.P. Becora prison in Dili, the
Government, after conducting an inquiry, has learnt that:
"(i) The name of ... does not appear on the list of persons
detained in L.P. Becora;
"(ii)
The name ... is incomplete. There are four prisoners
with this name in L.P. Becora prison in Dili, all of
whom are petty criminals who have been convicted because
of their involvement in security disturbances, not
because of their religious activities."
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
42. In a communication of 21 July 1988 addressed to the Government concerned,
also referrinq to alleqations transmitted on 29 May 1987, as reproduced in
document E/CN.4/1988/45, paragraph 15, the following information was
transmitted by the Special Rapporteur:
"... it has been recently reported that there has been no change in
the qeneral policies and attitudes of the authorities toward the Baha'i
community.