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Urgent Actions
661. The Working Group sent one case to the Government under its urgent action
procedure, concerning Mr. Jamshid Abdurasulov, who allegedly disappeared after going
to the headquarters of the Dubai Criminal Investigation Department on 15 March 2011.
Reportedly, on 24 March 2011, Mr. Abdurasulov called his family and told them that he
believed, as he was blindfolded, that he was being held at the Al Bateen Air Base Airport in
Abu Dhabi where he was subjected to interrogation. He did not contact his family again
after this conversation. Mr. Jamshid Abdurasulov was the subject of an urgent appeal
previously transmitted to the Government.
Urgent Appeals
662. On 1 April 2011, the Working Group transmitted one urgent appeal to the Government,
jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, concerning Mr. Jamshid
Abdurasulov, who allegedly disappeared after going to the headquarters of the Dubai
Criminal Investigation Department on 15 March 2011. The Working Group later
transmitted the allegations concerning Mr. Jamshid Abdurasulov as an urgent action.
Information from the Government
663. The Government transmitted one communication dated 27 April 2011, concerning one
outstanding case. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to its
clarification.
Clarification
664. Following the expiration of the six-month rule, the Working Group decided to clarify
one case.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
665. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted seven cases to the
Government; of those, two cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided
by the Government, and five cases remain outstanding.
Observations
666. The Working Group notes with concern that, during the reporting period, it transmitted
a case under its urgent action procedure, which had been previously transmitted to the
Government as an urgent appeal. The Working Group recalls article 2.1 of the Declaration
which states that ―No State shall practise, permit or tolerate enforced disappearances‖, as
well as article 3, which provides that ―Each State shall take effective legislative,
administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent and terminate acts of enforced
disappearance in any territory under its jurisdiction.‖
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