A/HRC/60/62 CHN 15/2016;62 CHN 3/2017).63 In 2018, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found the detention of Mr. Jiang Tianyong arbitrary (A/HRC/WGAD/2018/62, paras. 59, 62, 77, 78). On 24 September 2019, special procedure mandate holders called upon China to immediately end harassment and surveillance of Mr. Jiang Tianyong.64 Reportedly, since his release from prison in February 2019, Mr. Jiang Tianyong has remained under house arrest at his parents’ home in Luoshan, banned from international travel and under close surveillance by local public security. According to information received by OHCHR, between 23 and 31 October 2024, Mr. Jiang Tianyong was held in administrative detention in relation to a scuffle that involved his client’s son, in which he himself claims was not involved. Both Ms. Wang Yu and Mr. Jiang Tianyong were part of the legal team advising the same client (see above Ms. Wang Yu). He was allegedly released by the authorities at a train station 50 kilometers away from the detention center, where his relatives and lawyer were awaiting him. Reportedly, he is subjected to police surveillance, at the time of writing. 54. Regarding the case of the international legal team of Mr. Jimmy Lai and his son Sebastian Lai, the Government reiterated that, as the legal proceedings are still ongoing, under the legal principle of sub judice, no one should comment on the case. It stated further that the “so-called international legal team” had wilfully discredited the National Security Law and openly smeared the HKSR justice system, , was unauthorized to act on behalf of Mr. Jimmy Lai, had misrepresented facts, and misused UN mechanisms to interfere with the case. 55. Regarding Ms. Hang Tuan Chow, the Government stated that her detention conditions complied with Hong Kong law and international standards and that, under the Prison Rules, authorities may restrict an inmate’s contact with others to protect the individual or maintain order. 56. Regarding the situation of Ms. Li Qiaochu, the Government noted that in July 2024, the Shandong Provincial High People’s Court upheld her three-year and eight-month prison sentence on appeal, and that she was released upon completion of her sentence on 3 August 2024. 57. Regarding the situation of Mr. Yu Wensheng and Ms. Xu Yan, the Government noted that on 30 August 2024, the Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court held separate hearings on charges of inciting subversion of state power. On 29 October 2024, Mr. Yu Wensheng was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and political rights deprivation for three years, ten months, and fifteen days. Ms. Xu Yan received a sentence of one year and nine months, with one year of political rights deprivation. Mr. Yu Wensheng appealed, but on 6 January 2025, the Jiangsu Provincial High People’s Court upheld the original judgment. He is serving his sentence at the time of writing while Ms. Xu Yan was released on 13 January 2025 upon completion of hers. 58. Regarding the situation of Ms. Chen Jianfang, the Government referred to the legal proceedings initiated against her since 2019, noting she was released in October 2023 upon completion of her sentence for inciting subversion of state power. 59. Regarding the situation of Ms. Wang Yu, Mr. Wang Quanzhang, Ms. Li Wenzu Mr. Li Heping Ms. Wang Qiaoling and Mr. Jian Tianyong, the Government referred to the residential surveillance at a designated location imposed on Ms. Wang Yu in 2015 and to the court sentences issued for the remaining individuals. It further stated that, at the time of writing, Chinese judicial authorities have not taken any compulsory measures against them. 7. Egypt 60. The case of Mr. Ebrahim Abdelmonem Metwally Hegazy, a human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Association of the Families of the Disappeared, has been included in 62 https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33355. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33449. 64 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/09/china-harassment-human-rights-lawyer-jiangtianyong-must-stop-say-un-experts. 63 55