A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 54 Para 35. Country Date 13/04/06 Type JUA Mandate SUMX; TOR; CTR Allegations transmitted Government Response men who were waiting for him nearby his home. When Chen Guangcheng discovered this, he went out from his house with another villager, Chen Guangjun, towards the Yinan Local Government to seek an investigation into the beating. When they were a few meters from the house, the three of them were arrested (Chen Guangcheng, Chen Guangyu and Chen Guangjun) by officers of the Yinan Public Security Bureau, and taken to the local police station. Their families were notified that they would be detained for 24 hours in order to investigate their participation in an offence named “blocking the traffic”. However, they are still detained. Chen Guangcheng has not been allowed to contact his lawyer, nor his family since his detention on 11 March 2006. Moreover, it is reported that law lecturer, Xu Zhiyong, and lawyers Li Fangping and Li Subinhad, are facing harassment from the authorities and their employers because they provided advice to Chen Guangcheng in cases related to forced sterilization and abortion policies in Linyi. Ismail Semed, an ethnic Uighur from Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), who is believed to be at imminent risk of execution. Ismail Semed was convicted by the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court on 31 October 2005 for “attempting to split the motherland” and other charges related to possession of firearms and explosives. The possession of firearms charges against Ismail Semed appear to have been based on old testimonies taken from other Uighurs, some of whom were reportedly executed in 1999. detention, in accordance with the law, on suspicion of having committed an offence under article 291 of the Chinese Criminal Code, on the gathering of crowds for the purpose of disrupting the movement of traffic. Chen Guangcheng was held for questioning by the local public security authorities, in accordance with the law, on suspicion of involvement in the offence at the scene of the crime, and was released at 9 pm on 12 March. In dealing with Chen and his associates, the public security authorities acted in compliance with the law, in remanding them in custody or holding them for questioning. Throughout this period their lawful rights were fully protected and there is no substance to the allegation that Chen Guangcheng was subjected to beatings and placed under house arrest. By letter dated 12/07/06, the Government reported that on13 August 2004, the Urumchi City procuratorial authorities instituted criminal proceedings against him with the Urumchi City Intermediate Level People’s Court for the offences of separatism, unlawful manufacture of ammunition and the causing of explosions. In January 1997, Ismail Semed, together with Hasan Mahsum (later shot dead in Pakistan) and Abdukadir Amat (now on the run), slipped out of the country through the City of Xiamen