On 23 October 2014, human rights defender Ms Liu Xizhen was placed in criminal detention on the charge of "causing trouble". On the same day, police officers raided Liu Xizhen's house. On 24 October 2014 her husband, Mr Huang Hui Min, received police documents confirming her detention. She was brought to Yuan He police station and is currently being held in Xinyu Detention Centre in Jiang Xi province. Her whereabouts were unknown since her disappearance on 1 October. Liu Xizhen is a human rights defender who has campaigned for Chinese Communist Party officials to disclose their assets and for the Chinese government to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). On 1 October 2014, the human rights defender disappeared in Beijing, where she went to attend a protest against the continued detention and ill treatment of human rights defender Ms Liu Ping as well as a demonstration in support of protests in Hong Kong. While it is difficult to ascertain all details due to the ongoing detention, since her reappearance it has emerged that she may have been arrested at an intersection near Zhon Nan Hai (People's Republic of China state building) while attempting to hand over a petition and that she was subsequently brought back to Jiang Xi province and placed in a 'black jail' (an unofficial detention centre) for twenty days. On 5 October 2014, Liu Xizhen's husband informed the China-based Rights Defence Network of the disappearance of his wife and his fears that she may have been detained. Following Liu Xizhen's reappearance and her criminal detention, on 28 October 2014, Liu Xizhen's husband was threatened by the manager of the Xinyu Steel factory, where he also works, and was warned not to hire a human rights lawyer or a lawyer from outside of Xinyu. The manager also threatened Liu Xizhen's husband with imprisonment if he is found to be in contact with any human rights lawyers or human rights defenders. Front Line Defenders expresses its concern regarding the detention of Liu Xizhen and the threats against her husband. Furthermore, Front Line Defenders believes that these actions are solely related to Liu Xizhen's peaceful and legitimate work in defence of human rights.