A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 65 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted education through labour from August 2000 to May 2001 in Tuanhe for ‘using a heretical organization to disrupt the implementation of the law’. During this period, he was reportedly beaten and made to sit all day in a small chair. He was also subjected to sleep deprivation aimed at forcing him to renounce his belief in Falun Gong. 43. 22/11/06 UA TOR; 44. 30/11/06 JUA WGAD; HRD; IJL; TOR; VAW; He Depu. He was interviewed by the Special Rapporteur on Torture on 22 and 24 November 2005 at Beijing No. 2 Prison, during his visit to the People’s Republic of China (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6, Appendix 2, para. 6). In the recent past, his diet and physical condition have deteriorated sharply. He is reported to be emaciated, having lost approximately 18kg. Concern is expressed that his physical and mental integrity may be at further risk without provision of medical treatment. Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer and Director of the Shengzhi Law Office in Beijing, his wife Ms Geng He, their children aged 13 years and two years and his 70 year old mother-in-law. On 24 November 2006 Ms Geng was beaten by members of the State Security police who had been following her movements and keeping her under surveillance. It is reported that Ms Geng, her 13 year old daughter and her mother have been constantly followed by police for approximately three months. The incident reportedly took place on a street in Beijing (Jingsong Road, near the Lidu Hotel on bus route 408), after Ms Geng told three police officers (two Government Response