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situation, the Court in Mbengwi postponed the case to February and March 2023. As of 30
April, Mr. Capelle had not been able to obtain a visa to travel to Cameroon to honour the
court summons. Mr. Capelle and Mr. Luma Mukuna and his relatives continued to receive
threatening messages and calls during the period. On 1 February 2023, Mr. Luma Mukuna
reportedly received a call from an unidentified individual with death threats and a warning
that his house was under surveillance and that there were instructions to kidnap a close
relative. Mr. Luma Mukuna reported the incident to the police on the same day. Due to the
ongoing security risks, Mr. Luma Mukuna and his family have temporarily relocated to a
safer location.
7.
China
28.
The case of the human rights defender network Civil Human Rights Front was
included in the 2021 and 2022 Secretary-General reports on reprisals,40 on allegations that it
was placed under police investigation, inter alia, for having sent a joint letter to the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, further to which the head of the network,
Mr. Figo Hu-Wun Chan, received a formal letter of inquiry about the purpose of the letter.
The Government’s reply of 20 August 2021, included in the 2021 Secretary-General report,
noted that the organization had allegedly violated the registration requirements and that Mr.
Figo Hu Wun Chan had been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment after he had pleaded
guilty to “inciting others to knowingly take part in an unauthorized assembly” on 1 October
2019. Civil Human Rights Front publicly announced its disbandment in August 2021.
According to information received by OHCHR, Mr. Figo Hu Wun Chan was released from
prison in October 2022 after having served his full sentence.
29.
The case of Mr. Shen Youlian, human rights defender in Guizhou province, was
included in the 2021 and 2022 report of the Secretary-General41 on allegations that he had
been administratively detained for 10 days following his posting of an open online letter to
the High Commissioner. According to information received by OHCHR, on 10 December
2022, Mr. Shen Youlian was reportedly forced by Guiyang State security officials to leave
his town for three days, and hence he was allegedly prevented from publicly observing
Human Rights Day. Reportedly, he was also closely monitored by police on 3 March 2023,
during the time the National People’s congress was in session.
30.
The case of a human rights defender against gender-based violence and for labour
rights, Ms. Li Qiaochu, was included in the 2021 and 2022 report of the Secretary-General42
on allegations that her detention was a reprisal for meeting online with two experts from the
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in September 2020. 43 On 28
February 2022, Ms. Li Qiaochu was indicted for “inciting subversion of state authority.”
According to information received by OHCHR, Ms. Li Qiaochu met her lawyer for the first
time on 17 March 2022. She has been reportedly held at the Linyi Detention center in
Shandong province for over two years awaiting to stand trial. Reportedly, she has been held
in a crowded cell with 15 other people. Reportedly, she continued to experience side effects
from improper drug medication and her repeated applications for family visits have been
rejected.
31.
The case of human rights lawyer Ms. Li Yuhan, who had engaged with UN human
rights mechanisms and whose detention was considered arbitrary by the Working Group on
Arbitrary Detention, 44 was included in the reports of the Secretary-General since 2019. 45
According to information received by OHCHR, Ms. Li Yuhan was tried for the charges of
“picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and “fraud” in October 2021 and remains in pretrial detention at the Shenzang No. 1 Detention Center, awaiting sentencing since 9 October
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A/HRC/48/28, para. 56, Annex I, para. 23; A/HRC/51/47,Annex II, para. 31.
A/HRC/48/28, para. 57, Annex I, para. 25; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, paras. 34 and 35.
A/HRC/48/28, para. 58, Annex I, para. 26;A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, paras. 36–38.
See also CHN 4/2021.
A/HRC/WGAD/2018/62, paras. 59, 62, 77–78.
A/HRC/42/30, para. 45 and Annex I, paras. 13, 15, A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 14; A/HRC/48/28,
para. 59, Annex II, para. 17; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, para. 39.
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