E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 26 against Falun Gong principles. As a result of this treatment, Ms. Liu Yunxiang miscarried. She was released on 20 January 2000 after having paid for her release. In the Summer of 2001, she was arrested again for practicing Falun Gong and was once again subjected to torture including electric shocks, as a result of which she miscarried a second time. After twenty days of torture, she was sent to a detention centre for another month, after which she was released. Response from Government dated 12 December 2005 100. At the time this report was finalized, this reply was still in the process of being translated. Communication sent on 14 October 2005 101. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government the situation of Sonam, a monk from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, who was arrested on or around 21 August 2005 at the rearvehicle entrance of the Potala Palace, which became the winter home of the Dalai Lama in 1648. This entrance normally is used by tourist groups and not by Tibetan visitors. 102. According to witnesses, Sonam was lured to the rear entrance by a message saying that someone was waiting for him. When he arrived there, he was quietly taken away in an unmarked vehicle. No one had seen Sonam since the incident. It was assumed that security forces carried out the arrest in the run-up to the festivities of 1 September 2005, when China celebrated the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Communication sent on 19 October 2005 103. The Special Rapporteur was informed that, in July 2005; the Chinese authorities had expelled some 40 Buddhist nuns (out of a total number of 50) from Gyarak monastery. They had been forced to participate in a state led re -education campaign, part of which is to sign w ritten statements condemning the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled religious leader. In order to register for this, they were asked to have photos taken, which most of them refused. Similar pressure has been exerted on nuns and monks in other monasteries, such as Tsuklakhang Temple. 104. Furthermore reports indicated that authorities were issuing certificates to new monks, who thereby were bypassing the lengthy process of preparing for monastic life. They were equipped with mobile phones and required to inform officials, if any kind of activity or prayer was performed with a reference to the Dalai Lama. There were cases when Chinese officials raided monasteries even before the conclusion of prayers if there had been some reference to Dalai Lama. Communication sent on 23 November 2005 with the Special Rapporteur on torture