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Information from the Government
316.
No new information was received from the Government concerning outstanding cases.
Information from sources
317.
No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases.
Summary of the situation prior to the period under review
318. The majority of the 85 cases of reported disappearance concerned members or
sympathizers of the political party the Muhajir Qaomi Movement, who were allegedly arrested in
1995 and 2001. Most of the other reported cases allegedly occurred in 1986 and between 1989
and 1991, and involved Afghan refugees in Pakistan, many with links to the Harakate Inghilabe
Islamic party of Afghanistan. The disappearances were reportedly perpetrated in Peshawar by
persons allegedly acting with the acquiescence of the Pakistani authorities. Four other cases
concerned members of the same family who were reportedly abducted by agents of military
intelligence in Islamabad in 1996.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
319. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has
transmitted 85 cases to the Government; of those, 4 cases have been clarified on the basis of
information provided by the source and 4 cases have been clarified on the basis of
information provided by the Government. There are eight cases under the six-month rule
(see paragraph 12) for which the time limit has been temporarily suspended by decision of the
Working Group. A total of 77 cases remain outstanding.
Paraguay
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
3
Cases transmitted to the
Government during the
period under review
Cases sent
Cases sent
under the
under the
urgent action standard
procedure
procedure
0
0
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
2
General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
Cases clarified during the period
under review by:
Government
Non-governmental
sources
0
0
Multiple replies on some cases
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Discontinued
cases
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
end of the
year under
review
3
0
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
N/A
Government response
Government response
Government response
N/A
N/A
N/A
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