A/HRC/7/10/Add.1 page 16 Xiahe, Northwest Gansu. According to the information received, he was arrested on 8 January 2007, by plain clothed Chinese security officials outside Bora Monastery. Officials at the Monastery later discovered that Mr. Gyatso’s room had been searched and that a bag full of religious scriptures, including CDs, had been removed. Several calls made to the publicly listed number for the local police were dismissed as a wrong number or the recipient hung up when enquiries were made as to Mr. Gyatso’s whereabouts. Mr Gyatso was at that moment being detained at an unknown location. 52. Before his arrest Mr. Gyatso had served as custodian of the gardens and forests in Bora Monastery and encouraged local Tibetans to listen to foreign radio broadcasts. He had also worked on making copies of a book written by a Tibetan poet, Hortsang Jigme, who lives abroad. His work as a human rights defender was carried out peacefully in the form of religious teachings and providing information to local Tibetans on how to receive images and writings of Tibetans living abroad. Concerns were expressed that the arrest and detention of Mr. Gyatso forms part of an ongoing campaign against Tibetans advocating for the human rights of Tibetans, such as the right to freedom of expression and freedom of religion. In view of the reported detention at an undisclosed location, further concern is expressed that Mr. Gyatso might be at risk of illtreatment. Response from the Government dated 23 March 2007 53. The Chinese Government informed that Mr. Jamyang Gyatso is a male Tibetan, born 30 April 1981, and is a monk at Bora monastery in Gansu province. The Government stated that on 9 January 2007, in accordance with the law, Mr. Gyatso was placed under investigation by the State security authorities, on suspicion of having conducted unlawful acts which endangered State security. In the course of the investigation Mr. Gyatso confessed in full to having committed the offence of incitement to separatism. On 3 February 2007, the Chinese security authorities ordered that he be placed under restricted freedom of movement, on his own recognizance, pending trial. Observations 54. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the Government’s response and she would be appreciative to be informed of recent developments in that case. Communication sent on 9 May 2007 55. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received according to which Mr. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, then aged 6, disappeared together with his parents from Lhari, their home village in Tibet on 17 May 1995, three days after having been recognized as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama. According to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama is the second highest ranking religious figure after the Dalai Lama. Mr. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was reported to remain in isolation and concerns were expressed about his whereabouts, well-being and fate. It was further alleged that the Chinese Government interfered in the identification and training of significant reincarnations in order to control the political loyalties of these important figures in Tibetan society, weaken the influence of the traditional religious authorities and use the reincarnates’ influence among Tibetans.