A/HRC/48/28 21. The case of lawyer Ms. Wang Yu was included in the 2020, 2019 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General 118 on allegations of arrest and charges of “subversion of state power,” (CHN 6/2015),119 including in connection to her role in the case of Ms. Cao Shunli who had cooperated with the UN. It was reported to OHCHR that, during the reporting period, Ms. Wang Yu continued to face surveillance and harassment from police (see above). On 26 November 2020, the Beijing Justice Bureau reportedly cancelled Ms. Wang Yu’s license to practice law. Ms. Wang Yu was reportedly prevented from traveling or using the Internet freely by authorities and was unreachable for a week in early March 2021, coinciding with the time when she was due to receive an award from the Government of the United States of America for her human rights work. On 19 March 2021, Ms. Wang Yu’s family and friends lost contact with her as she traveled to Shanghai, allegedly when she was detained briefly by authorities in her hotel room to prevent her from attending the trial of rights defender Ms. Chen Jianfang (as mentioned above). 22. The cases of Mr. Qin Yongmin, and his wife, Ms. Zhao Suli, were included in the 2020, 2019 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General.120 During the reporting period, Mr. Qin Yongmin remained in prison serving a 13-yearprison sentence for engaging in human rights that included promotion of engagement with UN human rights mechanisms, and his long-term detention was raised by special procedures mandate holders (see CHN 4/2021 121). According to information received, Mr. Qin Yongmin reportedly continues to suffer from poor health. His family’s most recent communication with him was a letter received in August 2020, dated December 2019. His family reports that authorities do not permit him to convey anything about conditions in prison. After one visit in January 2020, authorities reportedly refused the family’s monthly visitation requests, citing the COVID-19 outbreak, although quarantine measures in the region had ended and other criminal justice proceedings in the area had returned to normal. A lawyer engaged by his family attempted to visit Mr. Qin Yongmin in person at Qianjiang Guanghua Prison in Hubei province in November 2020 but was denied due to COVID-19 and informed that he would need to sign documentation to be granted a video visit. Ms. Zhao Suli reportedly remains under 24-hour surveillance. and is therefore unable to work. Her son has been monitored by national security officers. 23. The cases of Mr. Mi Chongbiao and his wife Ms. Li Kezhen were included in the 2020, 2019 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General122 after Mr. Mi Chongbiao posted a complaint online that was submitted to the Human Rights Council. 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 is reportedly surrounded by guards, and they cannot leave home unaccompanied by police. 24. The case of Ms. Li Wenzu was included in the 2020, 2019 and 2017 reports of the Secretary-General 123 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).124 During the reporting period, Ms. Li Wenzu and her family reportedly remain under surveillance by the authorities, who at times prevent her from leaving her home, including on 10 December 2020, blocking her public participation in Human Rights Day. In July 2020, Ms. Li Wenzu’s husband, Mr. Wang Quanzhang, whose four-year detention was taken up by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 125 revealed 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 21; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 19; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, paras. 10–12. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=32826. A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 22; A/HRC/42/30, and Annex II, para. 20; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, paras. 13–14. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=36396. A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 23; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 21; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, paras. 15–16. A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 24; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 22; A/HRC/36/31, Annex I, paras. 20–21. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33318. 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. 53