A/HRC/19/58 being taken or being accused of any charges. Following the statement taken and the investigation carried out by the Chief Public Prosecutor, he was heard by the Diyarbakir Penal Court and taken in detention for being a member of a terrorist organization. Finally, the Government reported that, in the framework of the investigation, the premises of the Human Rights Association were searched, nine hard disks were seized and copies of these disks were given to a registered lawyer according to instructions obtained from the Chief Prosecutor. 650. In the second communication, dated 22 June 2011, the Government provided information on four outstanding cases. Based on this information, the Working Group decided, at its ninety-fifth session, to apply the six-month rule to three of these cases. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to the clarification of the remaining case. 651. In the third communication, dated 7 July 2011, the Government provided information on six cases. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to their clarification. Clarification 652. Following the expiration of the period prescribed by the six-month rule, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 653. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 182 cases to the Government; of those, 49 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 72 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, one case was discontinued, and 60 remain outstanding. Observations 654. The Working Group would like to recall that, in its resolution 7/12, the Human Rights Council urged Governments to take steps to provide adequate protection to witnesses of enforced or involuntary disappearances, human rights defenders acting against enforced disappearances and the lawyers and families of disappeared persons against any intimidation or ill-treatment to which they might be subjected. Turkmenistan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 0 0 1 1 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A 0 127

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