A/HRC/16/48 113. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accepting the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. China Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 1 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 28 1 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 29 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) N/A N/A N/A Urgent appeals Yes Government response No General allegation Yes Government response No Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A Urgent actions 114. One case was sent to the Government under its urgent action procedure. It concerned Mr. Feng Jiang, a Falun Gong practitioner who was allegedly arrested by Chinese authorities at Shanghai Pudong Airport on 18 February 2010. Urgent Appeals 115. The Working Group transmitted two urgent appeals to the Government. The first communication was sent on 23 April 2010, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, and concerned Ms. Mao Hengfeng, who was being held at Yangpu Detention Center and then reportedly transferred to an unknown location. The second communication was sent on 30 April 2010, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, and concerned Mr. Cao Du, a grantee of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, who was reportedly abducted by the police at Beijing Capital International Airport before boarding his flight to New York City to attend the ninth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and later taken to an unknown location. Information from the Government 116. The Government transmitted a communication on 4 September 2009, which could not be translated in time for inclusion in report A/HRC/13/31 and in this report. During the reporting period, the Government transmitted four communications dated 12 and 25 34

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