A/HRC/10/9 page 74 Sudan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 172 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 1 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases No Yes N/A Yes Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 173 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response No N/A None Urgent actions 371. One case was sent to the Government of the Sudan under the urgent action procedure. The case concerned Saida Asil Nur Oshar, allegedly arrested on 6 September 2008, by members of the National Intelligence and Security Service in El Geneina in West Darfur. General allegation 372. Information was submitted by credible sources to the Working Group concerning obstacles allegedly encountered in the implementation of the Declaration. This information was transmitted to the Government. 373. Credible sources reported that following an attack on 10 May 2008 by rebel forces on Omdurman (one of the three towns that form the Sudanese capital of Khartoum) the Sudanese authorities arrested hundreds of men, women and children, many of whom were subjected to disappearance. 374. Many of those arrested were picked up in public locations, such as on public transport and on the street. State agents are reported to have transferred an unknown number of detainees to locations outside Khartoum, such as Shandi to the north of the capital and Port Sudan in eastern Sudan. 375. Allegedly, many relatives of arrested or disappeared individuals reported that they have been unable to get information on the whereabouts of their loved ones, and that the authorities have refused to acknowledge that they are in detention. 376. Reportedly, relatives who have tried to locate detainees contacted the media or the National Intelligence and Security Services Information Office have themselves been harassed and risked being arrested. 377. No reply was received from the Government regarding this general allegation.