A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 61 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted human rights situation in China ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The police had previously threatened Mr. Gao with jail if he released any more open letters or statements. 46. 03/10/07 JAL IJL; TERR; TOR Husein Dzhelil, an ethnic-Uighur of Canadian nationality. On 19 April 2007, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for “plotting to split the country” and to 10 years’ imprisonment for joining a “terrorist organization.” These sentences were the result of an unfair trial and based on a confession extracted through torture. The High People’s Court of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) denied Mr. Dzhelil’s appeal, assessing that the facts were clear, and that the evidence was reliable and adequate. During the trial, the court-appointed lawyer did not make any statements on behalf of Mr. Dzhelil. In relation to Mr. Ismail Semed (subject of a previously transmitted communication, A/HRC/4/33/Add.1, para. 35), the Government’s reply stated that the case is still under consideration. It is regretted that no information was provided in relation to the allegations of torture, especially in light of recent information that Mr. Semed was executed on 8 February 2007, for offences of attempting to split the country and possession of firearms and explosives. Government response