A/HRC/45/36 the Human Rights Committee.4 On 15 April 2020 and 28 April 2020, special procedures mandate holders renewed their concerns about the ongoing intimidation, threats and attacks against Ms. Ngo Mbe and REDHAC (CMR 1/2020).5 12. On 26 January 2020, the headquarters of REDHAC in Douala were the target of a suspected arson attack causing serious damage to the building and archives of the organization. On 9 March 2020, a high-ranking Government official during a press conference accused REDHAC, other NGOs and media outlets of accepting money to produce false reports to destabilize the country. 5. China 13. The case of Ms. Li Xiaoling, who had engaged with UN human rights mechanisms, was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 45 and Annex I, paras. 13–14). Following her conviction in November 2018 by the Zhuhai City Xiangzhou District Court of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” Ms. Li Xiaoling was released on probation on 3 December 2018, and during the reporting period continued to serve her sentence at home. It was reported to OHCHR that she is under surveillance and her movements are strictly controlled. She allegedly continues to be fitted with an electronic bracelet which tracks her movements and records her voice, and she is barred from communication without police permission. 14. 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,6 was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 45 and Annex I, paras. 13, 15). It was reported to OHCHR that during the reporting period, Ms. Li Yuhan has been held in Shenyang City No.1 Detention Center, still in pre-trial detention since May 2019 on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” since being seized by the police on 9 October 2017. She has reportedly not been able to meet her lawyers since January 2020 before the COVID-19 outbreak. 15. The case of human rights lawyer Mr. Liu Zhengqing, who had engaged with UN human rights mechanisms, was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 45 and Annex I, paras. 13, 16) on allegations of disbarment for that engagement (CHN 13/2011).7 During the reporting period, it was reported to OHCHR that Mr. Liu Zhengqing remained unemployed as he is still disbarred and is unable to represent clients in court. 16. The case of Ms. Xu Yan, who had engaged with UN human rights mechanisms, was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 45 and Annex I, paras. 13, 17) in relation to her interrogation for her campaign for the release of her detained husband, Mr. Yu Wensheng, a human rights lawyer whose case was addressed by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (A/HRC/HRC/WGAD/2018/62) 8 and other special procedure mandate holders (CHN 5/2018).9 It has been reported to OHCHR that, during the reporting period, the attempts of Ms. Xu Yan to visit her husband, or receive information about him, were blocked by the authorities, and that her phone and computer are monitored. In the current reporting period, she reportedly continued to remain subjected to surveillance and unable to leave her home or travel abroad. 17. The case of Mr. Zhen Jianghua, who had engaged with UN human rights mechanisms, was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 45 and Annex I, paras. 13, 18) after being convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” 4 5 6 7 8 9 54 https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=34200. OHCHR, “Cameroon must protect human rights defenders,” (28 April 2020), https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25835&LangID=E. 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. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=30914. Opinion No. 15/2019 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-fourth session, concerning Yu Wensheng (China), 24 April–3 May 2019. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33962.