E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6 page 57 consisted merely of lotion, and when she appealed for further treatment she was threatened with being handcuffed and shackled. On one occasion, a doctor diagnosed her erroneously with high blood pressure and prescribed her medication which left her mouth numb for days. She indicated that she has complained to the authorities about her treatment with no effect. Mao Hengfeng also alleges that she has been detained by Daqiao Police Station officers on a number of times to prevent her from raising her complaints at high-level events and during visits of foreign dignitaries. 12. Following the visit of the Special Rapporteur two UAs were sent out on her behalf. The first UA of 5 January 2006 concerned allegations that she was being detained incommunicado by 7 Residents’ Committee officials in a Shanghai hotel from 3-6 January. The officials reportedly beat her several times, grabbed her breasts and prevented her from sleeping during this period. The second UA of 1 February 2006 was sent out following her re-arrest on 24 January after she travelled to Beijing to take part in an unofficial memorial service marking the first anniversary of the death of former Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang. According to information received, she was forcibly taken back to Shanghai by police officers because of her protests about human right and was held incommunicado for 16 days by the Public Security Bureau of Shanghai in Liangren Hotel. She was released on 8 February 2006. No responses have been received from the PRC in relation to any of the UAs sent out on behalf of Mao Hengfeng. 13. Liu Xinjian, aged 49, Shanghai (Interviewed on 24 November 2005). She alleges that in relation to petitions she has made to the Communist People’s Congress, concerning the illegal demolition of her home, and beatings by village security brigade personnel, she has been targeted by the authorities. She was detained on 16 February 2003 by police officers of Qibao Police Station, beaten by personnel with fists and feet, taken for a psychiatric evaluation, and held there for two days before being transferred to the Minghang Detention Centre. On 22 February, she was transferred to the Ti Lan Qiao Prison Hospital, restrained to a bed for five days and sedated, before being taken to the Minghang Psychiatric Hospital on 3 March. On 3 June 2003, she lodged a complaint at the Supreme People’s Court, Shanghai and sought to see the Chief Judge, in connection with a divorce case. Officers of Qibao Town Police Station detained her and took her to the Minghang Psychiatric Hospital the following day. At the hospital she was restrained to a bed for five days and forced to take tranquilizers. She was given four injections, which left her feeling thirsty, unable to swallow, numbed her tongue and impaired her vision. When she questioned the chief physician why she was being treated like this, he responded, “You are not in a hospital, but in a prison.” Her son visited her weekly. He tried to bail her out on numerous occasions, and even appealed for help from a local television station, with no success. The hospital required the consent of the police station in order to release her, and upon the guarantee of her son that she would not make any further petitions, she was released on 20 January 2004. 14. Zhao Xing, aged 37, lawyer and head of the Empowerment Rights Institute (telephone interview of 28 November 2005). Earlier this year he had tried to organize a demonstration against the former Premier. He was detained in Beijing County Security Bureau and then in the Beijing Detention Centre. After two months and three days he was released on bail. He sought the consent of the police to visit family members in Chengdu. He also had some farmers’ cases there. On 13 November 2005 at 1pm, he traveled to Chengdu with his parents by train in the company of a policeman. In Chengdu he observed that he was being constantly followed by