A/HRC/16/53/Add.1 November 1999. It was also reported that, while in prison, he was subjected to torture. A few days before his release in November 2002, his wife was detained and sentenced to four years in prison for her practice of Falun Gong. After she was released in 2006, Mr. Jiang’s wife moved to the United States of America. Mr. Feng Jiang’s fate and whereabouts remain unknown. 51. The Special Procedures mandate holders appealed to the Government of China to ensure Mr. Jiang’s right to freedom of religion or belief in accordance with the principles set forth in the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief and article 18 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Furthermore, they referred to General Assembly resolution 63/181, in which the Assembly urges States “to step up their efforts to protect and promote freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, and to this end: […] To ensure that no one within their jurisdiction is deprived of the right to life, liberty or security of person because of religion or belief and that no one is subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or arbitrary arrest or detention on that account and to bring to justice all perpetrators of violations of these rights”. (b) Response from the Government dated 22 April 2010 52. On 22 April 2010, the Government of China replied to the joint urgent appeal of 8 March 2010. Since the Special Rapporteur had not received the response’s translation from the relevant services at the time this report was finalized, he is unfortunately not in a position to summarize in English the content of the Government’s response in the present report. However, a copy of the original response letter is available online at the following address: www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/religion/docs/response220410china.pdf. (c) Observations by the Special Rapporteur 53. The Special Rapporteur is grateful that the Government of China replied to the joint urgent appeal of 8 March 2010 and hopes to be able to make observations on the response in the next report. 3. (a) Communication sent on 26 August 2010 jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Allegations transmitted to the Government 54. The Special Procedures mandate holders brought to the attention of the Government information regarding Mr. Guo Xiaojun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai. According to information received, Mr. Guo Xiaojun started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. Guo Xiaojun worked formerly as a lecturer in the Computer Science Department of Shanghai Jiaotong University, however, he was dismissed in 2001 after his arrest and conviction for having distributed literature about Falun Gong. On 16 December 2004, Guo Xiaojun was released from a labor camp. 55. On 7 January 2010, Guo Xiaojun was re-arrested by the police of the Domestic Security Division, Baoshan District Public Security Bureau. Several policemen searched his home and confiscated his laptop computer, mobile phone, books and other personal belongings. Guo Xiaojun has since been detained in the Shanghai Baoshan District Detention Center. 56. On 18 January 2010, the director of the Domestic Security Division and another policeman took Guo Xiaojun into a special interrogation room in the Baoshan District Detention Center and interrogated him from 2:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Subsequently, Guo 13