A/HRC/19/58 Urgent appeal Yes Government response No General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A Standard Procedure 680. The Working Group transmitted one newly-reported case to the Government, concerning Mr. Abdelhamid Mohamed Abdell Al-Jaishi, who was allegedly abducted by Political Security Services agents in Sana’a on 13 December 2009. Urgent Appeals 681. On 13 April 2011, the Working Group transmitted one urgent appeal to the Government concerning Messrs. Ali bin Ali Shukri, Abd al-Khaliq Salah Abd al-Qawi, Yahya Shalif al-Sunaibi, „Aidarus Muhsin al-Yahari, and Qasim „Askar Jubran, who allegedly disappeared on 26 February 2011, following a raid by the Central Security Forces at the apartment of Mr. Ali bin Ali Shukri. Information from the Government 682. The Government transmitted one communication dated 12 August 2011, concerning three cases. One of these cases had been previously clarified by the source. The information provided with regard to the other two cases was considered insufficient to lead to their clarification. Information from sources 683. Information was received from sources concerning one outstanding case. Clarification 684. Following the information received by the source, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 685. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 160 cases to the Government; of those, nine cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 135 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 14 have been discontinued and two remain outstanding. Observations 686. The Working Group notes with concern that, during the reporting period, it transmitted an urgent appeal to the Government concerning several individuals. 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.‖ 135

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