A/HRC/4/41 page 76 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 367. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted 24 cases to the Government; of those, 2 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the sources and 22 cases remain outstanding. Saudi Arabia 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 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 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) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 368. The Government of Saudi Arabia replied on 10 May 2006 regarding the one outstanding case. The authorities reported that the subject, who was arrested in 1995 by the anti-drug unit at Jeddah Airport, had been prosecuted and sentenced to death, and that the sentence was carried out. The Working Group decided that the information was insufficient to constitute a clarification. Information from sources 369. No information was received from sources regarding the one outstanding case. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 370. The previously reported case, referred to in paragraph 368 above, concerned a contractor, a citizen of India, who was allegedly detained by government officials in Jeddah in 1997. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 371. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted four cases to the Government; of those, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government and two were discontinued, and one case remains outstanding.

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