A/HRC/16/48 Urgent Appeals 467. On 22 October 2010, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, an urgent appeal to the Government. The case concerned Mr. Sheikh Hassan Mchaymech, reportedly arrested by Syrian Political Security agents on 7 July 2010, at the Syrian Jdeidet Yabous border with Lebanon, and who was then taken to an unknown location. Standard procedures 468. The Working Group transmitted one newly reported case to the Government concerning Mr. Nizar Rastanawi. According to the information received, Mr. Rastanawi was detained at the Sednaya prison and his family was allowed regular monthly visits until July 2008, when a riot broke out in the prison. Reportedly, he was supposed to be released on 18 April 2009, but according to the source this was not the case and since then his fate and whereabouts are unknown. 469. In accordance with the Working Group’s methods of work, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic received a copy of the case concerning Mr. Mustapha Setmariam Nassar, a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin, who was allegedly abducted in October 2005 in Quetta, Pakistan, by Pakistani intelligence agents. Allegedly he was detained for a certain period of time in Pakistan and was later handed over to the control of United States officials. It was alleged that, in November 2005, Mr. Setmariam Nassar may have been held for a short period of time at a military base in Diego Garcia, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under United States authority, and that he may currently be being held incommunicado in the Syrian Arab Republic. This case is recorded under the Government of Pakistan. Information from the Government 470. During the reporting period, the Government transmitted four communications to the Working Group. 471. In the first communication, dated 25 June 2010, the Government submitted information on one case which had been previously clarified by the source. 472. In the second communication, dated 28 June 2010, the Government submitted information on one case which had been previously clarified by the source. 473. In the third communication, also dated 28 June 2010, the Government submitted information on one case which had been previously clarified by the source. 474. In the fourth communication, dated 8 November 2010, the Government submitted information on one outstanding case. On the basis of this information, the Working Group decided, at its ninety-second session, to apply the six-month rule to the case. Information from sources 475. Sources provided information on 12 cases. Clarification 476. Further to the information received from the source, the Working Group decided to clarify 12 cases. 477. Following the expiration of the period prescribed by the six-month rule, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. 102