E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6 page 49 work. In May 2001, the WGAD stated that his detention was arbitrary and contravened several UDHR articles, including the rights to freedom of thought, opinion and expression. The WGAD stated that, ““Mr. Tohti Tunyaz cannot be sentenced merely for writing a research paper, which, even if it were published, lay within his right to exercise the freedoms of thought, expression and opinion which are enjoyed by everyone and which can by no means be regarded as reprehensible if exercised through peaceful means, as they were in this case.” Since he has been convicted of a political crime, possibly on the basis of information extracted by torture, the Special Rapporteur appeals to the Government that he be released. 24. Abdulghani Memetemin, aged 41, journalist for German-based East Turkistan Information Center (ETIC). On 28 August 2002, by approval of the Kashgar Secondary Court, he was arrested by Kashgar State Security officers in the main square of Kashgar, on suspicion of instigation of secession of country, and providing state secrets to organizations outside the country. As soon as he was arrested, the police told him about his right to have a lawyer, and was repeatedly provided the opportunity to obtain one, which he refused. He was detained in the guard room in the Kashgar State Security Bureau for one month, and was not tortured. During the interrogation he confessed to all crimes. During this time no one knew where he was being detained except for his wife. On 28 December 2002, he was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment and 3 years deprivation of political rights. He arrived at Prison No. 3 on 17 February 2004, and for the first year he could not speak with any other person apart from the guards. He indicated that he now receives monthly family visits, has access to reading materials and is unaware of verbal threats or ill-treatment. VI. Liu Dao Wan Detention Centre (Visited on 30 November 2005) 25. The Special Rapporteur was disturbed by the conditions of one death row detainee who was shackled continuously. Unlike the Beijing No. 2 Municipal Detention Centre, death row prisoners in Liu Dao Wan are not continuously handcuffed. The Special Rapporteur is of the opinion that the continuous shackling of death row prisoners constitutes an imposition of additional punishment without any justification, leading to unnecessary suffering. 26. Rebiya Kadeer, aged 59. The Special Rapporteur conducted an interview with Rebiya Kadeer in Geneva on 19 October 2005. Rebiya Kadeer, of Uighur ethnic decent, was a successful businesswoman and philanthropist as well as an advocate for the Uighur ethnic group and women’s rights in the PRC. She was arrested in August 1999 on her way to meet a delegation from the United States Congressional Research Service to complain about “political prisoners” in Xianjiang. After a secret trial, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court sentenced her to eight years in prison on 10 March 2000 for ‘unlawfully supplying state secrets or intelligence to entities outside China’ (CL 111). The written verdict describes these ‘state secrets or intelligence’ as news clippings from publicly available newspapers in Xinjiang that she had mailed to her husband in the United States. Her eight year sentence was set to expire on 12 August 2007 but was cut short by 12 months for good behaviour. She was released from custody in April 2005 and is currently residing in the US. Rebiya Kadeer alleges that she was held in solitary confinement in Liu Dao Wan Detention Centre for 2 years from August 1999 until August 2001 before being transferred to No. 2 Women’s Prison (Baijahu). For these two years she was held in a dark cell approximately 4 x 3m. She was forced to sit in her room on a small wooden stool with her hands on her knees, looking down at the floor, for 12 hours per day. She was not allowed to receive visitors during this time. She was seldom allowed to leave