A/HRC/45/36 and sentenced to two years in prison, following a closed-door trial (CHN 2/2018).10 In its October 2019 report, the Working Group noted that it found the detention of Mr. Zhen Jianghua arbitrary and recommended that he be released and provided compensation and other reparations (A/HRC/WGAD/2019/20, paras. 68, 77, 87, 91, 95). 11 On 8 November 2019, he was released at the completion of his sentence. 18. The case of the international non-governmental organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 46 and Annex I, para. 19) on allegations of intimidation and harassment for sharing information with the UN, as well as for training human rights defenders seeking to cooperate with the UN. In December 2019 and January 2020, Chinese state media criticized CHRD’s research submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in 2018. 19. The case of Ms. Chen Jianfang, a human rights defender, was included in the 2014 and 2019 reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/27/38, para. 17; A/HRC/42/30, para. 46 and Annex II, para. 18) on allegations of intimidation and reprisal for her campaign for civil society participation in the UPR, including a tribute to Ms. Cao Shunli 12 on the fifth anniversary of her death (CHN 11/2013).13 On 19 August 2019, special procedures mandate holders raised concern about Ms. Chen Jianfang’s alleged arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance (CHN 16/2019). According to reports received by OHCHR, on 20 March 2019, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau arrested Ms. Chen Jianfang and her husband and took them to an unknown location. Ms. Chen Jianfang’s husband was released on bail on 3 April 2019, while she was detained in an unknown location. Their house was put under surveillance by police officers in plain clothes, who have reportedly put pressure on family members not to speak publicly about Ms. Chen Jianfang’s case. Ms. Chen Jianfang was held on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” later changed to the more serious charge of “subversion of state power.” On 2 July 2019, authorities from the Pudong New District Procuratorate reportedly refused to recognize her legal counsel. Mandate holders noted that, in August 2019, authorities had refused to disclose the place of Ms. Chen’s detention and her whereabouts were unknown (CHN 16/2019). 20. On 10 October 2019, the Government responded,14 stating that on 20 March 2019 Ms. Chen Jianfang was the subject of criminal coercive measures (arrest) carried out by the Shanghai Public Security Agency, in accordance with the law, because she was suspected of subversion of the political power of the State. The Government stated that, after an investigation, she fully confessed to the offence. On 22 May 2019, the Pudong New Area Procurator’s Office in Shanghai approved her arrest, in accordance with the law, and, on 30 August 2019, her case was transferred to the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court for prosecution. The Government stated that she is now in detention at the Shanghai municipal detention center, and her case is currently being heard. 21. The case of Ms. Wang Yu, a lawyer, was included in the 2019 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 46 and Annex II, para. 19; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, paras. 10–12) on allegations of arrest and charges of “subversion of state power,” (CHN 6/2015),15 including in connection to her role in the case of Ms. Cao Shunli (see above). It was reported to OHCHR that Ms. Wang Yu continued to face surveillance and harassment from police and judicial bureau officials during the reporting period, and her passport continues to be confiscated since July 2015. 22. The cases of Mr. Qin Yongmin, and his wife, Ms. Zhao Suli, were included in the 2019 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 46 and Annex II, para. 20; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, paras. 13–14). During the reporting period, Mr. Qin Yongmin reportedly remained in prison in Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, serving his 13-year prison 10 11 12 13 14 15 https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33943. Opinion No. 20/2019 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-fourth session, concerning Mr. Zhen Jianghua and Qin Yongmin (China), 24 April–3 May 2019. A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, paras. 17–19; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, para.10–11; A/HRC/33/19, para. 39; A/HRC/30/29, Annex I, para. 1; and A/HRC/27/38, paras. 17–19. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=32042. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=34911. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=32826. 55