A/HRC/19/58 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 229. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted two cases to the Government; of those, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source and the other case remains outstanding. Georgia Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified 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 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) No 0 1 Urgent appeal Yes Government response Yes 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 Urgent appeals 230. On 20 June 2011, the Working Group, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, transmitted an urgent appeal to the Government concerning the alleged disproportionate use of force by law enforcement authorities to disperse a demonstration by opposition supporters, on 26 May 2011. According to allegations, the fate and whereabouts of dozens of protesters who were detained during the demonstrations were unknown. 231. On 7 July 2011, the Government replied to the urgent appeal. It provided information on the reasons and legal basis of the dispersal of demonstrations and indicated that all of the detainees have been promptly brought before a judge within twelve hours as required by Georgian law. Moreover it indicated that most of the detainees were visited by legal attorneys speedily, and by the public defender of the country almost immediately. In addition it indicated that the International Committee of the Red Cross was given full opportunity to visit the detainees freely. It further stressed that no family approached the police to register a missing individual and/or start a search investigation. In this regard it also mentioned that the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on 27 May 2011, released a list of detainees and that since then no formal notification of missing demonstrators was submitted to the same ministry. Moreover, the Government reported that the Ministry scrupulously checked the information on missing persons made by the Public Defender as well as available in the media and that the allegation proved untrue. Finally, the Government indicated that it is closely inspecting all allegations of possible excessive use of force. 57