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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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