E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 16 (a) On 10 March 2004, information was received concerning the critical health condition of Tang Yiewen, a Falun Gong practitioner from Zuhai suburb of Guangzhou City (Guangdong Province), who was reportedly detained at the Chutou Law School, in Guangzhou Baiyun district. On 23 February 2004, Ms. Tang was reportedly taken away from her home and it was reported that she had been on hunger strike for 17 days to protest her detention. Reports indicated that Ms. Tang had previously been detained and was subjected to torture for practising Falun Gong; (b) On 27 February 2004, Zhao Fengyun a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin City (Heilongjiang Province), reportedly died at the Wanjia Labour Camp. It was reported that Ms. Zhao was illegally arrested and that she was subjected to torture while in detention. Her husband, Li Weiguo, was also a Falun Gong practitioner and it was reported that he was imprisoned at the Changlinzi Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province; (c) On 31 January 2004, Zhang Guoqing from Hebei Province reportedly died after being severely beaten while in detention at Rujiang Labour Camp in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Mr. Zhang was reportedly arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labour on 31 May 2003 for practising Falun Gong. In June 2003, he allegedly held a hunger strike to protest the ill-treatment by guards while in detention and was sent to the Jianxin Hospital in Fuzhou City where he was force-fed. In August 2003, Zhang Guoqing was reportedly transferred to Rujiang Labour Camp where he was reportedly subjected to regular severe beatings. On 19 January 2004, he allegedly suffered internal injuries after being beaten by guards and was again sent to the Jianxin Hospital. He was reportedly sent back to the labour camp the same day. On 29 January 2004 Zhang Guoqing’s health condition was reportedly critical and he was sent again to the Jianxin Hospital where he died on 31 January 2004. 58. In the same communication, the Special Rapporteur also referred to the case of Pastor Gong Shengliang of the South China Church, who has allegedly begged to be transferred from Hongshan Prison, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, telling his sisters, “If you are able in any way, please transfer me to another prison - otherwise just come and pick up my corpse.” It is reported that Pastor Gong was unable to walk into the visiting hall and had to be carried in by four other inmates. One of the sisters allegedly asked the guard for an explanation and was told that he had fallen washing windows. When one of the sisters complained to the prison director, Sun Wenquan, about Gong's injuries, the director reportedly told her that Gong was a model prisoner in all ways but one, namely that he refused to denounce his Christian faith and would not stop praying and preaching. 59. On 15 October 2004, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, wrote a letter to the Chinese Government in which they expressed their concern at