A/HRC/18/19 funds to attend the ninth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, from 19 to 31 April 2010, at Headquarters. 33. On 18 April 2010, Mr. Du was allegedly arrested by the police at Beijing Capital International Airport before he could board his flight to New York to attend the Forum session. At the time when the communication was sent, the whereabouts of Mr. Du were still unknown. 34. On 19 April 2010, members of the local police of Chao Yang City, Liao Ning Province, allegedly raided Mr. Du’s house and confiscated his personal computers, his wife’s laptop computer, their cellular phones and other papers and documents. 35. On 9 July 2010, the Government of China responded that, since Mr. Du had engaged in counterfeiting book registration numbers and illegally publishing and selling books, and was suspected of being involved in illegal crimes, he had been arrested and detained by the Liaoning Chaoyang Public Security Office on 20 April 2010. His case is currently being tried. According to the Government, all his rights are guaranteed in accordance with the law. 36. According to the most recent information received, Mr. Du remains under house arrest and the trial date has not been confirmed. 5. India 37. On 16 February 2011, two special procedures mandate holders sent an urgent appeal12 regarding the case of Julfikar Ali, a district human rights monitor of the nongovernmental human rights organization MASUM, in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. 38. On 2 January 2011, an unidentified plainclothed police officer from the Raninagar Police Station went to the house of Mr. Ali, who was away at the time. The police officer informed Mr. Ali’s family that an arrest warrant had been issued against Mr. Ali and that he should therefore give himself up immediately before the court of law. The complaint related to an incident that reportedly took place on the night of 11 January 2008, at the Kaharpara Border Security Force outpost. Mr. Ali, however, was reportedly not in the vicinity of the outpost that night. 39. On 13 January 2011, Mr. Ali made a statement on his case to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in Kolkata, West Bengal, during her country mission to India. Following his engagement with the Special Rapporteur, it was reported that police visits to Mr. Ali’s family home became more frequent. 40. On 11 February 2011, Mr. Ali, accompanied by Kirity Roy, the Secretary of MASUM, went to the District Court to surrender. Mr. Ali filed a petition before the Court for anticipatory bail, which was granted with a bond of 3,000 Indian rupees. On 14 February, the Court granted another anticipatory bail to Mr. Ali in relation to another complaint filed by the Border Security Force with a bond of 5,000 Indian rupees. 41. At the time of completion of the present report, the Government of India had sent an acknowledgement of receipt of the communication sent by the special rapporteurs. 42. On 28 March 2011, two special procedures mandate holders sent an urgent appeal13 regarding the situation of Teesta Setalvad, Secretary of the organization Citizens for Justice and Peace, a Mumbai-based non-governmental organization. Ms. Setalvad had been advocating for the rights of victims and survivors of the violence that took place during the 12 13 8 A/HRC/17/27/Add.1, paras. 1060-1066. Ibid., paras. 1068- 1074.

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