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UNCHR: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE (BURMA



EXTRACTS ON BURMA FROM THE 1998 REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

Economic and Social Council
Distr. GENERAL 
E/CN.4/1998/6 
22 January 1998 
ENGLISH 
Original: FRENCH

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
Fifty-fourth session 
Agenda item 18 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
INTOLERANCE AND OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF 

Report submitted by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur, in accordance
with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/23 


58. The first category concerns violations of the principle of
non-discrimination in the matters of religion and belief. It involves
allegations concerning discriminatory policies and/or legislation in the
field of religion and belief.  

(a) In Myanmar, Christians in the state of Chin are alleged to be victims
of a discriminatory policy; 


62. The freedom to change one's religion is also being violated: 

(f) In Myanmar, there are reports that the army has tried to conduct
campaigns to convert Christians in the State of Chin to Buddhism. In one
monastery, children are said to have been forced to repeat Buddhist prayers
every day and some parents are said to have been paid sums of money in
exchange. 


63. The fourth category concerns violations of the freedom to manifest
one's religion or belief: 

(a) In Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Uzbekistan, there are
allegations that the authorities have imposed controls on, and/or
interfered illegally with, the religious activities of all or certain
religious groups and communities; 


64. The fifth category concerns violations of the freedom to dispose of
religious property: 

 ... in Myanmar construction of a church was stopped by the authorities
despite the fact that a building permit had been obtained...