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Press release
191. Press releases were issued prior to and following the mission to Guatemala in
September 2006.
192. On the last day of the mission, the Working Group held a press conference in
Guatemala City, which was well attended by the media.
Summary of the situation prior to the period under review
193. The majority of the 3,152 cases reported to the Working Group occurred between 1979
and 1986, mainly under the military regime and in the context of the Government’s fight against
the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG).
194. In 2002 the Working Group received one new case of enforced disappearance that
concerned a 14-year-old boy who was reported by the police to have died after he was allegedly
run over by a police patrol in Chiquimula.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
195. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has
transmitted 3,155 cases to the Government; of those, 79 cases have been clarified on the basis
of information provided by the source, 177 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government, and 2,899 cases remain outstanding.
Observations
196. The Working Group is grateful to the Government for the invitation and calls on the
Government to implement the recommendations contained in the above-mentioned mission
report, and requests that the Government and sources provide information on the fate or
whereabouts of the disappeared persons, concerning many of whom no information has been
received for several years.
Guinea
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
21
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
21
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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