A/59/366 allegedly being held without trial. It was also reported that at least 907 practitioners had died in detention. 19. Reports indicate that the campaign against the Falun Gong continued unabated across China. Practitioners of Falun Gong continued to be subject to ill-treatment and torture by State officials in their attempts to force the practitioners to renounce their belief in Falun Gong. It was also reported that individual practitioners who had been subjected to torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment while detained had not been provided with appropriate and effective remedies. In particular, the system of administrative detention referred to as “Re-education Through Labour” (RTL) reportedly continued to be imposed on Falun Gong practitioners. It was reported that RTL involves detention without charge or trial, and without judicial review, for between one and three years — which could be further extended by one year. People receiving terms of RTL allegedly had no right of access to a lawyer and there was no hearing where they could defend themselves. As an illustration, the Special Rapporteur referred in his letter to a number of individual cases including the ones of Ms. Yiewen Tang, Ms. Zhao Fengyun, and Mr. Zhang Guoqing. 20. The Special Rapporteur also mentioned the allegedly serious state of health of detained Pastor Gong Shengliang of the South China Church. Egypt 21. On 16 March 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent to the Government of Egypt information according to which the St. John the Beloved Coptic monastery was under continuous threat of demolition. In addition to being a church, the monastery is a residence for handicapped children and orphans. It was reported that the monastery had been attacked nine times in the last six and a half years by members of the local army unit encouraged by high-ranking officers. Most recently, on 5 January 2004, 600 soldiers and two bulldozers reportedly attacked the monastery, partially destroying the fence and setting fire to structures on the premises. One staff member of the monastery was reportedly killed during the attack and several other staff members and clergy were injured. 22. The Special Rapporteur also referred to the case of Mr. Bolis Rezek-Allah, a Christian, who was reportedly arrested at the border with the Libyan Arab Republic on 28 November 2003 while trying to leave the country. He was reportedly held for 12 hours before being released. On 3 December 2003, Mr. Rezek-Allah was again detained and taken to the headquarters of the Security Police in Cairo for interrogation. He had originally been arrested in the summer of 2003 on the charge of marrying a Muslim. Ms. Enas Badawi, his wife, had reportedly converted from Islam to Christianity before the marriage. Mr. Rezek-Allah was initially held in prison for three months, during which time he was reportedly also accused of helping Muslims convert to Christianity. 23. The Special Rapporteur also mentioned in his communication that, on 7 November 2003, the Christian village of Girza Ayiat Giza was allegedly attacked by a group of 5,000 persons. Eleven persons were reportedly hurt and significant material damage was incurred as a result of the attack. It was reported that the attack followed attempts by local Christians to extend their church building in the village. 24. Finally, the Special Rapporteur submitted information according to which Bahá’ís are not allowed to indicate their religion in the birth certificates of their 6