E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 18 implementation of the law”. According to the information received, those prosecuted have been unfairly tried and many have received lengthy prison sentences. In this respect it is reported that on 5 November 1999, a Notice issued by the Supreme People’s Court instructed all local courts to do their “'political duty”' in bringing to trial and punishing “severely” those charged with “crimes of heretical organizations”, “particularly Falun Gong”, and to handle these cases “under the leadership of the Party committees”. 66. On 19 October 2004, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, sent an urgent appeal to the Government of China regarding Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a 54-year-old Buddhist religious leader whose case has been addressed by the Special Rapporteur in the past (see, inter alia, A/58/296, para. 33). According to information received, he was at imminent risk of execution, following a conviction based on a confession obtained under torture. It was reported that he was arrested on 7 April 2002 following a bombing incident in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on 3 April 2002. He was found guilty on 29 November 2002 in a secret trial by the Kardze (Ganzi) Intermediate People's Court in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, for "causing explosions" and "inciting separatism". On 2 December 2002 he was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, which would expire on 2 December 2004. Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche was reportedly held incommunicado for eight months, from the time of his arrest until the time of his trial. He was reportedly tortured in detention, including by being shackled hand and foot and suspended from above, and forced to confess. His conviction was upheld on 26 January 2003 by the Sichuan High People's Court, and he was moved to a secret location afterwards. Numerous and credible reports have referred to serious procedural flaws during Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche’s closed trial, in particular: violation of the right to a public trial; violation of the right to chose his own lawyer; denial of the right to know and have the opportunity to examine the evidence presented against him in court. In view of his alleged detention incommunicado and allegations of torture, concern was expressed for his mental and physical integrity, and that he may not have received a fair trial in accordance with international standards. 67. On 3 November 2004, the Special Rapporteur transmitted a communication to the Government of China in relation to information received according to which, on 21 September 2004, in the Dungan mosque of Burqin, in the north-western XinjiangUighur autonomous region, the authorities compelled the local imam, Musa Ma, to put in his office an instructional display outlining banned activities. Among banned activities were: teaching religion "privately"; allowing children under 18 years old to attend a mosque; allowing Islam to influence family life and birth planning behaviour; propaganda associated with terrorism and separatism; religious professionals acquiring large sums of money; the declaration of "holy war" (jihad); and promoting "superstitious thoughts". The display also reportedly required all religious venues to display land certificates, building certificates, imam qualification certificates, operating permits, joint management contracts, and the appointment certificate of the head of the religious venue. Reports indicated that these displays were not compulsory in non-Muslim places of worship, like in the Xinjiang's two Orthodox churches. It was further reported that similar displays hung in the offices of nearly all the imams of Xinjiang's mosques.