A/HRC/19/58 (male, from Deyang, Sichuan province, China). The Chinese Government will carry out further investigation into the cases of the other individuals mentioned in the Urgent Appeal letter. The Chinese Government respectfully requests that the full text of the above be recorded in the relevant UN documents.‖ 142. The third communication was transmitted on 23 May 2011, and concerned a group of approximately 300 monks of the Ngaba Kirti Monastery, located in Ngaba County, Sichuan, who on the night of 21 April 2011, were allegedly arrested and taken to unknown destinations in ten military trucks by agents from the People’s Armed Police, Public Security Bureau and People’s Liberation Army. 143. The fourth communication was transmitted on 28 July 2011, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, and concerned the situation in Kardze County, Sichuan Province, and the arrest and detention of 54 individuals, between June and July 2011, reportedly in order to suppress the protests comprising mainly nuns and monks calling for ―freedom of religion in Tibet‖. In this regard, it was alleged that the fate and whereabouts of the following 47 individuals were unknown: Mr. Tsewang Tashi; Mr. Gyurmey Sonam; Mr. Oser Phuntsog; Ms. Tseyang; Ms. Ringa (Rinchen Choetso); Ms. Jampa Lhatso; Mr. Gowang (Goyang); Ms. Tsewang Dolma; Ms. Dega; Mr. Pema Tsering; Mr. Passang Rinchen; Ms. Yeshi Lhatso; Ms. Tenzin Lhatso; Ms. Tashi Choedon; Ms. Ngawang Lhamo; Ms. Jampa Choedon; Ms. Sheh Lhamo; Ms. Yanchen (Tashi Tsetso); Mr. Ngawang Lobsang; Mr. Richen Gyatso; Mr. Lama Tsering; Ms. Lobsang Yangtso; Ms. Lobsang Khando; Ms. Thinley Dolma; Ms. Choenyi Lhamo; Ms. Jamtuk Dolma; Ms. Dolma Palmo; Ms. Choesang; Ms. Peltuk; Phurga; Mr. Lobyang; Ms. Chunyi Lhamo; Palmo; Dewang; Ms. Dekyi Lhamo; Ms. Kunga Choezom; Karma Yeshi; Mr. Karma Samten; Mr. Jigtak; Mr. Sherab; Mr. Gaya Tashi; Mr. Urgen Samten; Mr. Karma Soepa; Mr. Karma Monlam; Mr. Dosam; Mr. Dorgay; and Mr. Ngawang Phuntsok. 144. The fifth communication was transmitted on 29 July 2011, jointly with other two special procedures mechanisms, and concerned Messrs. Ershidin Israel, Shemshiden Israel, Abdusalam Nasir, and Abdukerin Dihan. According to the source, on 30 May 2011, Mr. Ershidin Israel was allegedly extradited to China without his family and lawyers being informed and, on 14 June 2011, Chinese authorities allegedly confirmed that Mr. Ershidin Israel was in their custody but, reportedly, they failed to disclose his whereabouts. It was also reported that on 9 June 2011, Messrs. Abdusalam Nasir and Abdukerin Dihan were arrested by security forces in Suydung, Gulja district, and that, on 13 June 2011, Mr. Shemsiden Israel, one of Mr. Ershidin Israel’s brothers, was arrested by security forces in Urumqi. The Working Group later transmitted the allegations concerning Mr. Ershidin Israel as an urgent action. 145. The sixth communication was transmitted on 30 August 2011, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, and concerned the Buddhist monk Mr. Jigme Guri (also known as Akhu Jigme and Lama Jigme), who was allegedly arrested by police and security forces on 20 August 2011, in the hotel ―Z-hong Yan‖ in Hezou, Kanlho prefecture. 146. The seventh communication was transmitted on 6 October 2011, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, and concerned the alleged continued harassment and repression of the monastic community in and around the Ngaba Kirti Monastery and the self-immolation of two young monks, Mr. Lobsang Kalsang Harutsang and Mr. Lobsang Kunchok, on 26 September 2011. Reportedly, Chinese security forces and the police extinguished the fire and the two monks were taken away to an unknown location. It has also been alleged that one monk has died following the self-immolation. 36