A/HRC/4/41 page 55 Urgent actions 253. The Working Group transmitted one case to the Government under its urgent action procedure, regarding Al Raquoubi Abdelatif, a man who disappeared on 19 June 2006 from his commercial warehouse. Reportedly, several agents of the interior security service, dressed in civilian clothes, were responsible for his disappearance. Information from the Government 254. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 255. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 256. Of the five outstanding cases, one was a Palestinian national who was allegedly arrested in 1996 in Tubruk on suspicion of having links with a religious opposition movement. One case concerned a Sudanese translator of the Green Book at the World Centre for Studies and Research in Tripoli who reportedly disappeared in 1983. Another case involved a Lebanese citizen who was reportedly abducted in Tripoli in 1978 while he was accompanying a Shiite Muslim scholar visiting the country. One case concerned a businessman who was allegedly arrested by the security forces during a mass arrest in 1989 and last seen at the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 257. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted seven cases to the Government; of those, two cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source and five cases remain outstanding. Mauritania 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 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 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) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A 258. There was no activity during the period under review. A summary of the situation in the country is in the last report (E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1).

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