A/HRC/22/18 leadership has reportedly agreed to investigate the outcome and take action as appropriate.32 Furthermore, it is reported that more than 100 churches, chapels and monasteries in the northern part have been desecrated and that many churches have been converted into mosques or are used by the Turkish army as hospitals or military camps. 33 38. With regard to Muslim minorities in the southern part, who mainly live with larger communities based in Larnaca and Limassol, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief noted that their situation differs structurally from the living conditions of Christian Orthodox and Maronite minorities in the northern part. Main concerns of Muslims in the southern part related to a lack of professional religious education of their youth, the alleged destruction of more than 30 mosques, inadequate funding for the maintenance of mosques and cemeteries, limited accessibility of some mosques which are open only on Fridays or during opening hours, which prevent Muslims from regularly praying five times a day at the Hala Sultan Tekke. The Special Rapporteur also received information regarding an arson attack on the Köprülü Mosque in Limassol on 14 April 2012, which reportedly destroyed the front door, window and roof of the gallery; the Government of the Republic of Cyprus strongly condemned the intentional actions of arson and destruction of public and private property. It also indicated that the Turkish Cypriot Properties Management Service spent EUR 504,331 in 2011 for the restoration and maintenance of Muslim places of worship (A/HRC/22/51/Add.1, paras. 53-57). 39. In his conclusions and recommendations, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief noted that the overall picture of the island was largely shaped by the reality of bicommunalism, which refers – concerning religious issues – to the Greek Orthodox Church (plus the three official religious minorities of Armenians, Latins and Maronites, which have associated themselves collectively with the Greek Community) and Islam. While this understanding of bicommunalism undoubtedly reflects a historic and contemporary reality, the Special Rapporteur argued that religious diversity on the entire island has de facto developed beyond the confines of this concept, for example through the arrival of migrants, settlers and their descendants as well as new religious communities in the northern and southern parts (A/HRC/22/51/Add.1, paras. 72). The Special Rapporteur recommended that projects which may contribute to improving the relations between different religious and/or ethnic communities should be further strengthened, explicitly referring to the commendable work done by the Bi-communal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage and by the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (ibid., para. 88). F. Freedom of opinion and expression 40. According to article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. 41. With regard to freedom of expression in the northern part, it is reported that independent newspapers and journalists who choose to cover controversial issues are frequently targeted, including through attacks and death threats, for example vis-à-vis journalists of the Turkish-language daily newspaper Afrika in response to critical reporting 32 33 Joint media statement of the United Nations Development Programme-Action for Cooperation and Trust (UNDP-ACT) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2 November 2012. Information received from the Committee of Cyprus Occupied Municipalities. 13