A/HRC/51/47 43. The cases of Mr. Mi Chongbiao and his wife Ms. Li Kezhen were included in the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 reports of the Secretary-General,58 after Mr. Mi Chongbiao posted a complaint online that was submitted to the Human Rights Council. According to information received by OHCHR, during the reporting period, Mr. Mi Chongbiao and Ms. Li Kezhen remained in their home in Yanyun District in Guiyang, Guizhou province, under informal house arrest, as they have since 2012. Their residence reportedly remains surrounded by guards, and police continue to follow them when they leave home. During the reporting period, Mr. Mi Chongbiao and Ms. Li Kezhen were reportedly only permitted visits from family, not friends, and they were only allowed to leave their residence to purchase food and other basic items. 44. The case of Ms. Li Wenzu was included in the 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 reports of the Secretary-General59 on allegations of her arbitrary arrest and detention following her cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights during his visit to China in August 2016 (CHN 9/2016). 60 According to information received by OHCHR, during the reporting period, Ms. Li Wenzu and her family remained under surveillance by the authorities. On 2 August 2021, officials reportedly refused to issue a passport for the son of Ms. Li Wenzu and Mr.Wang Quanzhang, citing COVID-19 restrictions and failed to provide the legal basis for this refusal, alleging this was a matter of “state secret.” On 15 October 2021, Ms. Li Wenzu was allegedly subjected to 24-hour police surveillance after she announced her candidacy for a 2021 district-level People’s Congress race in Beijing along with 13 other candidates. Allegedly, officials pressured Ms. Li Wenzu’s landlord to compel her to abandon the family’s rented apartment. On 1 November 2021, four days before the polling date, all 14 candidates withdrew from the election, citing threats to their personal safety from the authorities. 45. Reportedly, Ms. Li Wenzu and Mr. Wang Quanzhang were prevented from leaving their home on 10 December 2021 and observing Human Rights Day by several individuals who refused to identify themselves. This was the second year in a row that Ms. Li was prevented from leaving her home to commemorate Human Rights Day. According to information received, during the reporting period, Mr. Wang Quanzhang, whose detention was considered arbitrary by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention,61 reportedly filed numerous petitions, complaints and public information requests with relevant bureaus about alleged legal violations committed by authorities during his detention, trial, and imprisonment, with no response at the time of writing. Reportedly, Mr. Wang sought to file a civil suit against the authorities for the alleged violations of his rights during detention, but had received no response at the time of writing. On 30 November 2021, Mr. Wang Quanzhang and two other human rights lawyers including Ms. Wang Yu (see below) – were reportedly detained for interrogation by public security authorities from the Changqing District police station in Kiamuzse, Heilongjiang province after they sought to file a complaint with the Discipline and Inspection Committee of nearby Xiangyang District regarding legal violations in the trial of a Falungong practitioner. 46. The case of Ms. Wang Qiaoling was included in the 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 reports of the Secretary-General 62 on allegations of intimidation and harassment for her cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights during his visit to China in August 2016 (A/HRC/34/75, CHN 9/2016).63 On 8 May 2021, the conditions of the four-year suspended sentence for “subversion of state authority” of Mr. Li Heping, (CHN 3/2017, CHN 5/2017), 64 Ms. Wang Qialing’s husband, were lifted. According to information received by OHCHR, during the reporting period, Mr. Li Heping and Ms. Wang, reportedly continued to be subjected to occasional physical surveillance and harassment by 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 44 A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, para. 15–16, A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 21; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 23, A/HRC/48/28, para. 59, Annex II, para. 23. A/HRC/36/31, Annex I, paras. 20–21; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 22, A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 242; A/HRC/48/28, para. 59, Annex II, para. 24. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33318. A/HRC/WGAD/2018/62, paras. 59, 62, 77–78. A/HRC/36/31, Annex I, paras. 20–21, A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, paras. 23–24, A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 25 and A/HRC/48/28, para. 59, Annex II, para. 25. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33318. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33449; https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33516.