A/HRC/16/53/Add.1 whipped on the knees with a rubber baton, and on her buttocks with a spiked baton. Afterwards, she was shackled to a chair and beaten on her legs, feet, shoulders and arms. She was later shackled to a special chair to confine detainees. 63. Ms. Sun Jianqin was handcuffed to a radiator while the police slapped and punched her face, kicked her legs and subjected her to electric shocks. The following day, she was sent to a detention center in Zhanhjiakou City, Hebei Province. She was released three days later after her family paid 700 Yuan to the police. 64. Ms. Liu Shuli was also beaten on her face. She was forced to kneel while she was beaten with a rubber baton, and subjected to electric shocks. The following day, she was examined at the hospital and later taken to the detention center in Zhangjiakou City. Five days later, she was transferred to the Nanyangzhuang Town Police Station where she was held until her family paid 1.000 Yuan to the police. 65. The Special Rapporteurs appealed to the Government to take all necessary steps to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief of Ms. Geng Li, Ms. Sun Jianqin and Ms. Liu Shuli 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. They also referred to General Assembly resolution 64/164, 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: […] (b) 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”. 66. The Special Rapporteurs urged the Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that the rights and freedoms of Ms. Geng Li, Ms. Sun Jianqin and Ms. Liu Shuli are respected and that accountability of any person guilty of the alleged violations is ensured. The Special Rapporteurs also requested that the Government adopts effective measures to prevent the recurrence of these acts. (b) Response from the Government dated 9 December 2010 67. On 9 December 2010, the Government of China replied to the joint communication of 20 September 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/response091210china.pdf. (c) Observations by the Special Rapporteur 68. The Special Rapporteur is grateful that the Government of China replied to the joint communication of 20 September 2010 and hopes to be able to make observations on the response in the next report. 15