A/HRC/10/9 page 65 Prompt intervention 319. On 29 August 2008, the Working Group sent a prompt intervention to the Government of the Philippines, together with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (listed as an urgent appeal under the other mandates’ records). The letter concerned four human rights activists who received threatening messages on their mobile phones, warning them to cease their investigations into the disappearance of a 46-year-old man. 320. No response was received from the Government concerning this prompt intervention. General allegation 321. Information was submitted by credible sources concerning obstacles reportedly encountered in the implementation of the Declaration. This information was transmitted to the Government after its eighty-third session. 322. It was reported that there is a pattern of impunity and complicity of government forces in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Since 2001, more than 70 persons have allegedly been victims of enforced disappearances, a number of those previously disappeared have surfaced after being detained and tortured by military officers, and no perpetrators have been punished. 323. It was also reported that the Court of Appeals in Manila did not allow an official from a human rights group to testify on the disappearance of an activist farmer. The Assistant Solicitor General allegedly filed a manifestation to stop the official from giving testimony. The letter of allegation states that the Court ruled that the official could not testify because the information presented had already been discussed during the summit on extrajudicial killings organized by the Supreme Court recently. According to the information received, the testimony would show that this case is not an isolated incident as claimed by the military, but rather that there is a pattern of disappearances in the region. 324. No response was received from the Government regarding this general allegation. Request for a visit 325. On 24 May 2006, the Working Group requested to undertake a mission to the Philippines. No response has been received from the Government. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 326. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted 780 cases to the Government. It clarified 161 cases, 126 on the basis of information provided by the Government and 35 on the basis of information provided by the source; 619 remain outstanding.