A/HRC/4/41 page 27 Chad Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 12 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 2 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 10 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 115. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 116. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Clarifications 117. Based on information received from the Government in 2005, the Working Group decided to clarify two cases following the expiration of the six-month rule (see paragraph 11). Both of the cases concerned members of an armed opposition group reportedly arrested in 1996 and transferred to N’Djamena by members of the National Security Agency. The National Commission of Human Rights reported that one subject is currently a teacher at the King Fayçal University in N’Djamena, and the other is now a local district representative in Amdam, eastern Chad. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 118. Of the 13 reported cases of disappearance, 1 case concerned a member of the Democratic National Union who was reportedly taken prisoner in July 1983 in the context of clashes in Faya-Largeau. Five cases concerned members of the Hadjerai ethnic group who were allegedly arrested in October 1991 by the security forces. Six other cases concerned members of armed opposition groups reportedly arrested by the Sudanese security forces in 1996 at El Geneina, Sudan, near the border, and handed over to the Chadian security forces. One case concerned a person who was arrested in N’Djamena in 1999 by members of the Presidential Security Group. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 119. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted 13 cases to the Government; 3 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government and 10 cases remain outstanding.