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Sri Lanka. All were sent as joint communications with other special procedures mandates.
The Working Group also transmitted four urgent appeals concerning persons who had been
arrested, detained, abducted or otherwise deprived of their liberty or who had been forcibly
disappeared or were at risk of disappearance in Bangladesh, China, the Gambia and the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic. All communications were sent jointly with other special
procedures mechanisms.
7.
During the ninety-ninth session, the Working Group also adopted one general
allegation concerning India.
III. Information concerning enforced or involuntary
disappearances in States reviewed by the Working Group
during the session
1.
Algeria
Standard procedure
8.
The Working Group transmitted one case to the Government under its standard
procedure, concerning Mr. Fateh Merighed, who was allegedly arrested on 26 November
1994, at a roadblock in Boudjouada city, Djimla, by members of the national police brigade
of Djimla, accompanied by paramilitaries.
Information from the Government
9.
On 5 February 2013, the Government transmitted an updated version of a
communication which had been handed to the Working Group during its ninety-seventh
session. This information was partially processed for inclusion in the present document.
Information concerning 25 cases was reviewed and was not considered sufficient to lead to
the clarification of the cases.
2.
Angola
Standard procedure
10.
The Working Group transmitted two cases to the Government under its standard
procedure.
11.
The first case concerned Mr. Silva Alves Kamulingue, who was allegedly abducted
on 27 May 2012, by members of a pro-Government militia known as the “Kaenches”, near
a hotel on Avenida de Portugal, Luanda.
12.
The second case concerned Mr. Isaias Sebastiao Cassule, who was allegedly
abducted on 29 May 2012, also by members of the “Kaenches”, opposite Mercado AngolaCuba in the Cazenga neighbourhood, Luanda.
3.
Argentina
Information from the Government
13.
On 15 May 2012, the Government transmitted one communication which could not
be processed in time for inclusion in the 2012 annual report (A/HRC/22/45 and Corr.1).
The communication contained general information from the Government on progress
regarding human rights and enforced disappearances. The communication also concerned
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