A/HRC/31/57/Add.1 80. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of China 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. 81. The Special Rapporteur draws the attention of the State to the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (reviewed on 5 November 2015 and renamed the “Mandela Rules”) and in particular that provides that, all prisons shall ensure prompt access to medical attention in urgent cases. Prisoners who require specialized treatment or surgery shall be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals. Where a prison service has its own hospital facilities, they shall be adequately staffed and equipped to provide prisoners referred to them with appropriate treatment and care. 82. It has come to the attention of the Special Rapporteur that, as of the drafting of this report, Ms. Gao Yu has been released on medical parole and will serve her sentence outside prison because of medical conditions. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the decision. 83. Regarding the allegations of a coerced confession, in the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, available via the link above, and is therefore of the view that the Government of China, by obtaining a confession under coercion has violated the right of Ms. Gao Yu to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 2 and 16 of the Convention against Torture. (b) JUA 07/08/2015 Case No. CHN 8/2015 State Reply: 02/09/2015 Allegations concerning the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of human rights defender Mr. Yang Maodong. 84. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of China for its reply, dated 2 September 2015, to the present communication. 85. He regrets that, as of the drafting of this report, no official translation is available to the Government’s reply. The Rapporteur will make his views on the case known later on, after being able to read an English version of the reply. (c) JUA 29/10/2015 Case No. CHN 10/2015 State Reply: 06/01/2016 Allegations concerning the arbitrary detention of and targeting of human rights defender Mr. Chen Yunfei, and the residential surveillance of human rights lawyer Mr. Sui Muqing. 86. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of China for its reply, dated 6 January 2016, to the present communication. 87. He regrets that, as of the drafting of this report, no official translation is available to the Government’s reply. The Rapporteur will make his views on the case known later on, after being able to read an English version of the reply. (d) JAL 26/11/2015 Case No. CHN 11/2015 State Reply: 22/01/2016 Allegations concerning alleged violations of the human rights of members of Christian Catholic and Protestant churches by the Zhejiang provincial Government, and the ill-treatment of Pastor Huang Yizi while in custody between March 2015 and August 2015 and his incommunicado detention since September 2015. 88. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of China for its reply, dated 22 January 2016, to the present communication. 89. He regrets that, as of the drafting of this report, no official translation is available to the Government’s reply. The Rapporteur will make his views on the case known later on, after being able to read an English version of the reply. (e) JUA 3/11/2015 Case No. CHN 12/2015 State Reply: None to date Allegations concerning the enforced disappearance of two human rights defenders, Mr. Tang Zhishun and 20