A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 in Yushu (Tibetan: Kyegudo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province; as well as the detention of three Tibetan monks and two lay Tibetan men in Dzachuka area, Serxu (Tibetan: Sershul) County, in Sichuan province. According to the information received arrests in the Zuogang county, Qamdo Prefecture involved six Tibetans who were arrested for allegedly participating in a protest and were reportedly beaten by the security officials after their arrest, and their current whereabouts are unknown. Similarly in Mangkang County, Qamdo Prefecture monks were arrested for participating in a protest, and currently the conditions and whereabouts of six of these detained monks are unknown. Ngawang Topden was arrested and convicted in the city of Lhasa, capital of the TAR for storing in his mobile phone images of Tibetans self-immolations, the Tibetan flag and other photos showing Chinese abuse of Tibetans. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment accusing him of being "reactionary, inciting the public and threatening social stability”. Mr. Ngawang Topden is reportedly serving his sentence in a prison or “re-education through labour” facility, near Duiling Deqing (Tibetan: Toelung) in Lhasa. Mr. Lobsang Jinpa, Mr. Sonam Sherab, Mr. Sonam Yignyen, Mr. Ngawang Monlam, and Mr. Kalsang Tsultrimwas were arrested and convicted in Chenduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on unknown charges after a raid where their personal possessions were confiscated. It was reported that Mr. Jinpa and Mr. Tsultrim were beaten and tortured in prison by Chinese police; they were severely injured and were hospitalized. Mr. Tsultrim allegedly remains in hospital. Mr. Lobsang Samten, Mr. Sonam Namgyal, Mr. Thupten Gelek, Mr. Ngawang Gyatso, and Mr. Lobsang Kelsang were arrested in Dzachuka area, Serxu county, Sichuan province and their current whereabouts are unknown. An urgent appeal was sent on 9 August 2012 regarding systematic undermining of the autonomous functions and the rights to freedom of religion, culture and expression of the Tibetan Buddhist community, and signed by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights; Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Special Rapporteur on the right to education; Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Special Rapporteur on rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association; Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief; and the Independent Expert on minority issues. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government for the detailed response dated 28 May 2013 where it is stated there were no “peaceful protest by monks” taking place in Zuogang and Mangkang counties of Qamdo Prefecture, TAR in February, 2013. It is also stated that Mr. Sonam Sherab, Mr. Sonam Yignyen were detained, in accordance with law, on a charge of suspected crime to disturb public order by the Public Security organ of Chenduo county, Qing Hai Province. Mr. Lobsang Jinpa was detained on a charge of a suspected crime to instigate the split of the state and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with 2 years deprival of political rights. Mr. Ngawang Monlam and Mr. Kalsang Tsultrim were detained on a charge of suspected homicide of an intentional nature. The beating that led to his hospitalization, according to the Government, does not comport with the facts. Mr. Sonam Namgyal, Mr. Lovsang Samten and Mr. Thupten Gelek were detained on charges of suspected gathering to disturb public order and traffic order and their detention is, according to the State, in the process of being reviewed. The Special Rapporteur would like to remind the government of the People’s Republic of China that each Government has the obligation to protect the right to physical and mental integrity of all persons. This right is set forth inter alia in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). In this context, the Special Rapporteur would also like to draw attention to paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 which “Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading 26