A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 103. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of China (People’s Republic of) for its reply, dated 20 August 2014, to the present communication. 104. He regrets that, as of the drafting of this report, no official translation is available to the Government’s reply of 20 August 2014. 105. The Rapporteur will make his views on the case known later on, after being able to read an English version of the reply. (g) JUA 23/10/2014 Case No. CHN 9/2014 State Reply: None to date Allegations of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of Ms. Liu Xizhen in connection to her legitimate human rights activities, and the exercise of her rights to freedom of opinion and expression and peaceful association. 106. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of China (People’s Republic of) has not replied to the present communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, and to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 107. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, reiterated above and thus, that the Government of China (People’s Republic of), by arbitrarily detaining Ms. Liu Xizhen and repressing her rights to freedom of opinion, expression, and peaceful association, has violated her right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. (h) JUA 30/10/2014 Case No. CHN 10/2014 State Reply: 08/12/2014 Allegations concerning the sentencing of Ms. Liu Ping to six and a half years’ imprisonment, as well as ill-treatment and denial of medical treatment in detention . 108. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its reply, dated 8 December 2014, to the present communication. 109. The Rapporteur takes note of the information provided by the Government that Ms. Liu Ping’s conviction was upheld on appeal. 110. The Rapporteur finds that the Government in its reply does not sufficiently address the concerns raised in the initial communication, and therefore fails to fully and expeditiously cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13. Likewise, it fails to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 111. In the absence of sufficient evidence to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, reiterated above, and thus that the Government of the People’s Republic of China, by failing to investigate allegations of torture, has violated Ms. Liu Ping’s right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. Colombia JUA 23/01/2014 Case No. COL 1/2014 State Replies: 14/04/2014 and 22/04/2014 Alegaciones relativas al peligro inminente de asesinato del Sr. Flaminio Onogama Gutiérrez, líder del pueblo indígena Embera Chamí, y del asesinato de los Sres. Berlain 19

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