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Request for a visit
274. Based on the cooperation and progress made in Morocco and recent clarifications, the
Working Group decided to withdraw the request for an invitation to carry out a visit.
Summary of the situation prior to the period under review
275. The majority of the 248 cases the Working Group has transmitted to the Government
occurred between 1972 and 1980. Most of them concerned persons who reportedly disappeared
because they or their relatives were known or suspected supporters of the Polisario Front. The
disappeared persons were reportedly confined in secret detention centres, such as Laayoune,
Qal’at M’gouna, Agdz and Tazmamart. Cells in some police stations or military barracks and
secret villas in the Rabat suburbs were also allegedly used to hide the disappeared persons.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
276. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group has
transmitted 248 cases to the Government; of those, 46 cases have been clarified on the basis of
information provided by the source, 105 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government and 97 cases remain outstanding.
Observations
277. The Working Group expresses its appreciation to the Government of Morocco for the
information that it has provided and for its efforts to investigate the fate and whereabouts of
persons reported to have disappeared in the past. It hopes that this process will continue.
Mozambique
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
2
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
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
2
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
278. 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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