A/HRC/43/51/Add.3 336. JUA 19/08/2019 Case no: CHN 16/2019 State reply: 10/10/2019 Allegations concerning the alleged arbitrary detention disappearance of human rights defender Ms. Chen Jianfang. 337. JAL 20/08/2019 Case no: CHN 15/2019 and enforced State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the alleged police intimidation and harassment since 2005 and subsequent detention on 9 December 2018 of Mr. Wang Yi and Mrs. Jiang Rong, founders of the Early Rain Covenant Church and members of a religious minority. 338. JUA 27/08/2019 Case no: CHN 17/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the detention and sentencing of Mr. Huang Qi. Mr. Huang Qi was the head of the human rights organization Tianwang Human Rights Service and founder of the human rights website 64tianwang. 339. JOL 01/11/2019 Case no: CHN 18/2019 State reply: 16/12/ 2019 Comments on the effect and application of the Counter-Terrorism Law of the People’s Republic of China (Counter- Terrorism Law) promulgated on 27 December 2015 effective as of 1 January 2016 and its Regional Implementing Measures, the 2016 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Implementing Measures of the CounterTerrorism Law of the People's Republic of China. 340. PR 20/12/2018 China: UN human rights experts gravely concerned about Huang Qi’s health 341. PR 14/03/2019 China: UN experts renew calls for probe into death of Cao Shunli 342. PR 12/09/2019 China/Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: UN experts urge China to respect protesters’ rights 343. PR 24/09/2019 China: Harassment of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong must stop, say UN experts 344. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of China for its responses to ten of the thirteen communications sent during the reporting period, noting that some translations were not available at the time of publishing the report. He looks forward to receiving responses in the near future to the remaining communications sent. 345. The Special Rapporteur remains concerned at the continued use of national security legislation to prosecute human rights defenders and human rights lawyers for what appears to be the legitimate exercise of their fundamental rights and the right to defend rights. Special Rapporteurs shared their detailed concerns with the government regarding the effect and application of one such law in CHN 18/2019 (Counter-Terrorism Law, effective as of 1 January 2016). The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government for its reply, and looks forward to receiving the translation. 346. The use of “residential surveillance in a designated location” (RSDL) to detain human rights defenders in locations unknown to their families and lawyers was flagged as an issue of concern in the previous report – unfortunately its usage in this context has continued. RSDL is a form of detention reserved for national security offences, terrorism and instances of major bribery. The Special Rapporteur reiterates that the secretive conditions of detention for those under RSDL and lack of sufficient oversight increase the possibility that torture and other forms of ill-treatment may occur. 347. The Special Rapporteur remains concerned by the prosecution and harsh sentencing of those exercising their rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, under charges such as “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” (article 293 of the Criminal Law). The Special Rapporteur regrets the lack of substantive reply to the allegations contained in communication CHN 3/2019 relating to purported violation of the right of 50