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Request for a visit
307. 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
Nicaragua on 23 May 2006. The Government has not yet replied.
Summary of the situation prior to the period under review
308. The majority of the cases reported to the Working Group occurred between 1979
and 1983, in the context of the internal armed conflict which took place during the 1980s. Many
of the reports of these disappearances pointed to the involvement of members of the Army, the
former Sandinista Government, the former General Directorate for the Security of the State and
the Frontier Guard. Two cases reportedly occurred in 1994: one concerned a farmer who was
allegedly detained by a group of members of the Army and the police, and the other concerned a
person allegedly accused of being a member of the Contras armed group.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
309. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has
transmitted 234 cases to the Government; of those, 19 cases have been clarified on the basis
of information provided by the source, 112 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government and 103 cases remain outstanding.
Nigeria3
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
1
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
1
General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
3
0
Cases clarified during the period under
review by:
Government
Non-governmental
sources
0
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
1
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
1
Government response
Government response
Government response
N/A
N/A
N/A
In accordance with the practice of the Working Group, J. `Bayo Adekanye did not participate
in the decisions relating to this section of the report.
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