A/HRC/42/30
“subversion of state power” (CHN 3/2017).121 Mr. Li received a three-year prison sentence,
suspended for four years. He was reportedly tortured and ill-treated in prison, including
forcibly medicated, and reportedly still suffers psychological trauma and long-term medical
issues. On 6 June 2018, Beijing Judicial Bureau notified Mr. Li that he had been disbarred
as a result of the criminal conviction. On 2 March 2019, Luo Shan County Public Security
Bureau officers “criminally summoned” Ms. Wang Qiaoling for six hours of interrogation
at Lingshan Police Station in Xinyang City, Henan Province, due to her efforts to meet
lawyer Mr. Jiang Tianyong after his release from prison (see below).
25.
The case of lawyer Mr. Jiang Tianyong was included in the report of the SecretaryGeneral in 2017 and 2018 (A/HRC/36/31, Annex I, paras. 22–24 and A/HRC/39/41, Annex
II, paras. 14–16) and the subject of multiple actions by special procedures mandate holders
(CHN 13/2016; CHN 15/2016; and CHN 3/2017).122 He had met the Special Rapporteur on
extreme poverty and human rights, during his visit to China in August 2016 (A/HRC/34/75,
CHN 13/2016)123 The mandate holders urged the Government to immediately release Mr.
Jiang, who was held incommunicado and may have been subjected to torture and illtreatment in relation to his association with the Special Rapporteur.124 His case is registered
with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (no.10006805) and his
subsequent detention was found arbitrary by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. 125
26.
On 20 January 2017, the Government noted that Mr. Jiang had been charged with
illegal possession of classified State documents with the intention of illegally transmitting
State secrets abroad, among other charges to which he had admitted (A/HRC/39/41, Annex
II, para. 16).126 Mr. Jiang was reportedly released from prison on 28 February 2019 and
placed in police custody. He, his family members and visitors remain under surveillance
and are subject to harassment and intimidation. On 20 May 2019, six mandate holders
expressed serious concern about the lasting impact of Mr. Jiang’s arrest and detention on
his health (CHN 9/2019).
27.
The case of Mr. Dolkun Isa was included in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General
(A/HRC/36/31, para. 29), in the context of his participation in the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Peoples in New York. On 28 July 2018, six special procedures mandated
holders expressed serious concern regarding attempts by the Government to prevent Mr. Isa
from participating in United Nations fora, which they stated may aim to “prevent the
sharing of information with United Nations human rights bodies about the human rights
situation of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China”
(CHN 13/2018).127
28.
On 1 July 2019, the Government responded to the allegations above. Regarding the
case of Ms. Cao Shunli, the Government indicated that judicial organs handled the case in
accordance with the law, and guaranteed her legal rights. She died of illness on 14 March
2014. Regarding the case of Ms. Chen Jianfang, the Government indicated that she is a
suspected criminal and the judicial authorities are handling the case according to law. As
for Ms. Wang Yu, the Government indicated that, in accordance with the law, she was
summoned for investigation in March 2019 and her legal rights have been protected. To
date, no criminal compulsory measures have been taken against Ms. Wang Yu.
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OHCHR, “UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang
Tianyong,” (6 December 2016).
Opinion No. 62/2018 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-second
session, concerning Wang Quanzhang, Jiang Tianyong and Li Yuhan (China), 20–24 August 2018.
Ibid.
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