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Request for a visit
207. Following a decision of the Working Group at the seventy-eighth session, a request for a
visit as part of a four-country initiative in Central America was sent to the Government of
Honduras on 23 May 2006. The Government agreed and dates are being finalized for the
mission to take place in February 2007.
Summary of the situation prior to the period under review
208. The majority of the 202 previously reported cases occurred between 1981 and 1984.
Reportedly, the Armed Forces and heavily armed men in plain clothes seized people perceived to
be ideological enemies and took them to clandestine detention centres. Four cases reportedly
occurred in 1983 and concerned leaders of the Revolutionary Party of Central American
Workers-Honduras, including a Jesuit priest, who were allegedly captured by the Honduran
Army. Two of these persons were reportedly citizens of the United States. Allegedly, the
United States Army and Central Intelligence Agency personnel may have helped the Honduran
Army in the Olancho operation in which, according to the Honduran Army, these persons were
killed.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
209. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group has
transmitted 203 cases to the Government; of those, 43 cases have been clarified on the basis
of information provided by the source, 35 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government and 125 cases remain outstanding.
Observations
210. The Working Group welcomes the invitation and cooperation of the Government of
Honduras.
India
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
325
Cases transmitted to the Government
during the period under review
Cases sent under
Cases sent under
the standard
the urgent action
procedure
procedure
0
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
3
General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
1
Cases clarified during the period under
review by:
Government
Non-governmental
sources
1
Multiple replies on some cases
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
end of the
year under
review
325
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
2
Government response
Government response
Government response
N/A
N/A
N/A
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