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Enclosure 1 Two Typical Cases CASE 1: Meng Xiumei 1. Family name: Meng 2. First name: Xiumei 3. Sex: Female 4. Birth date or age (at the time of detention): March 4, 1973 5. Nationality/Nationalities: Chinese 6. (a) Identity document (if any): ID card (b) Issued by: Shihezi Municipal Public Security Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (c) On (date): March 11, 2013 (d) No.: 650300197303045927 7 . Address of usual residence: Room 201, Unit 1, Building 49, Jun Yue Long Ting Community, Feijichang Road, Yining City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治 区伊宁市飞机场路君悦龙庭小区49号楼1单元201室) II. Arrest 1. Date of arrest: September 20, 2014 2. Place of arrest: Room 201, Unit 1, Building 49, Jun Yue Long Ting Community, Feijichang Road, Yining City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 3. Forces who carried out the arrest t: National Security Brigade of Yining Municipal Public Security Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 4. Details On the afternoon of August 14, 2014, when the police officers from the National Security Brigade of Yining Municipal Public Security Bureau arrested Meng Xiumei, one of them swung a piece of documentation in his 1 hand, saying, “We’re from the Public Security Bureau, and this is our search warrant.” With these words, they started to rummage through the rooms. A week later, on approximately August 22 or 23, the captain of the National Security Brigade, together with another police officer, came to Meng Xiumei’s home again to give her family the Detention Warrant. 5. Authority who issued the warrant or decision: Yining Municipal Public Security Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 6. Reasons for the arrest imputed by the authorities: No reasons were given when the police arrested Meng. Later, the alleged reason was given that Meng Xiumei’s belief in Almighty God was punishable under Art. 300 7. Legal basis for the arrest including relevant legislation applied (if known): Article 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code. III. Detention 1. Date of detention: Date of criminal detention: August 15, 2014 Date of arrest: September 20, 2014 Date of sentence: August 2016 Date of imprisonment: December 2016 2. Duration of detention: Since the afternoon of August 14, 2014 till now. 3. Forces holding the detainee under custody: Yining Municipal Public Security Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ordered the detention. After the Supreme People’s Court of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region made its decision, Meng Xiumei was transferred to the Uygur Women’s Prison in December 2016. 4. Places of detention: Meng Xiumei had been detained at the Yining Municipal Detention Center of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since the afternoon of August 14 of 2014. Upon the sentence of her jail terms in December 2016, Meng Xiumei was transferred to and has been detained at the Uygur Women’s Prison. 2 5. Authorities that ordered the detention: Yining Municipal Public Security Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ordered the detention. The Higher People’s Court of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region made the decision of detention. The Administration of Prisons of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region implemented the decision of detention. 6. Reasons for the detention imputed by the authorities: Based on Article 300, she was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment and 5 years of deprivation of political rights because of activity in The Church of Almighty God, more than the usual 7 years for being believed to be a local leader, as well as her establishment of a video group and her participation in organizing and producing publicity videos for The Church of Almighty God. 7. Legal basis for the detention including relevant legislation applied: Art. 300 Chinese Criminal Code IV. Circumstances of the arrest. On the afternoon of August 14 of 2014, Ms. Meng Xiumei was staying with her mother and daughter at home. Three officers (2 male and 1 female) knocked the door open in the name of checking residence cards. After they confirmed Meng Xiumei’s identity, five or six more plain-clothes men entered the room. Among them, a middle-aged man appearing as the captain swung a piece of documentation in his hand, saying, “We’re from the Public Security Bureau, and this is our Search Warrant.” With these words, they started to rummage through the rooms and searched out dozens of books of faith and discs. After finishing the procedure of checking residence cards for Meng Xiumei and her mother, the police officers took Meng Xiumei away, together with the searched-out books of faith, discs, more than 16,500 RMB in cash, three MP5 players and a computer. All the personal property was confiscated subsequently. Later, Meng Xiumei and her mother learned that those men were police officers from the National Security Brigade of Yining Municipal Public Security Bureau. V. Internal Remedies Meng Xiumei had been detained at the Yining Municipal Detention Center of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the police didn’t allow her family to meet her. During the span between August 2014 and the end of 3 2015, Meng Xiumei’s husband hired an attorney at the cost of 6,000 RMB to defend her. In December 2015, the decision of her case was made for the first instance, but the court didn’t notify her family. At the attorney’s, Meng Xiumei’s husband saw the decision on the verdict, which reads, “(2015) Yizhou Criminal First-Instance Preliminary Document No. 27 Criminal Verdict: The defendant Meng Xiumei is sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment and 5 years of deprivation of political rights for organizing and using a xie jiao to undermine the implementation of the laws.” Later, Meng Xiumei’s husband asked her attorney to make an appeal. In August 2016, the Xinjiang Higher People’s Court of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region announced its decision and ordered rejection of the appeal and affirmed the original judgment. This was the final decision. CASE 2: ZHANG SHUHUA I. Identity 1. Family name: Zhang 2. First name: Shuhua 3. Sex: Female 4. Birth date or age (at the time of detention): February 3, 1962 5. Nationality/Nationalities: People’s Republic of China 6. (a) Identity document (if any): Resident Identity Card of the People’s Republic of China (b) Issued by: Tongshan County Public Security Bureau (c) On (date): Issued on December 31, 1988 (d) No.: 320323620203024 7. Address of usual residence: Huangji Town in Tongshan District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province.. II. Arrest 1. Date of arrest: December 19, 2013 4 2. Place of arrest: On December 19, 2013, around 1 p.m., Zhang Shuhua was taken away from one female Chirstian’s home on Daxu Street in Daxu Town, Tongshan District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province by the police. 3. Forces who carried out the arrest: Daxu Town Police Station in Tongshan District, Xuzhou City 4. Details No warrant or other document was exhibited. 5. Authority who issued the warrant or decision: On January 25, 2014, under the permission of Tongshan District People's Procuratorate of Xuzhou City, Tongshan District Public Security Sub- Bureau of Xuzhou City conducted arrest of Zhang Shuhua on suspicion of “organizing and using a xie jiao to undermine the implementation of the laws.” 6. Reasons for the arrest imputed by the authorities: On suspicion of “organizing and using a xie jiao to undermine the implementation of the laws” 7. Legal basis for the arrest including relevant legislation applied (if known): Article 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code. III. Detention 1. Date of detention: Zhang was arrested on December 19, 2013. The time of criminal custody is unknown. Zhang was arrested on January 25, 2014 and escorted to Nantong Women’s Prison on January 5, 2016. 2. Duration of detention: Zhang was detained from December 19, 2013 till now. 3. Forces holding the detainee under custody: Zhang was detained by Tongshan District Public Security Sub-Bureau of Xuzhou City, after being sentenced, she was escorted to Nantong Women’s Prison on January 5, 2016 to serve her jail terms. 4. Places of detention: On December 19, 2013, along with three other Christians, Zhang Shuhua was arrested by the police of Daxu Town Police Station in Tongshan District, Xuzhou City, and detention site is unknown. On January 3, 2014, Zhang 5 Shuhua was transferred to Sanbao Detention Center of Xuzhou City. During her detention there, she was once taken to a hotel in Xuzhou for interrogation. On January 25, 2014, Zhang Shuhua was officially arrested. On November 7, 2014, the Tongshan People’s Court openly heard the case of Zhang Shuhua and other Christians. On December 15, 2015, Zhang Shuhua was sentenced for 7 years and 6 months of imprisonment for her being active in The Church of Almighty God and copying, keeping and transporting spiritual books. On January 5, 2016, Zhang Shuhua was transferred to Nantong Women’s Prison (Address: No. 258 of Haodong Road, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province), where she has been serving her jail terms and detained till now. 5. Authorities that ordered the detention: Tongshan District Public Security Sub-Bureau of Xuzhou City ordered the detention, Tongshan People’s Court of Xuzhou City made a sentence which conducted by Jiangsu Prison Management Bureau. 6. Reasons for the detention imputed by the authorities: Zhang Shuhua was arrested on the charge of “organizing and using a xie jiao to undermine the implementation of the laws.” Seeing from the media report of the public trial of Tongshan People’s Court in November 2014, Zhang Shuhua and other Christians were sentenced on the charge of “organizing and using a xie jiao to undermine the implementation of the laws,” because of their being active in The Church of Almighty God and being responsible of copying, keeping and transporting spiritual books, and printing books for more than 10,000 copies.