A/HRC/10/9 page 23 Information from the Government 91. One communication was received from the Government on 18 August 2008 which could not be translated by the Secretariat in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 92. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted 908 cases to the Government. It clarified 92 cases, 69 on the basis of information provided by the Government and 23 on the basis of information provided by the source; 816 remain outstanding. 93. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. China Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 31 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 7 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 2 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit No N/A N/A N/A Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 29 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 3 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 94. The Government transmitted two communications dated 20 November 2007 and 6 March 2008 concerning seven outstanding cases. Based on the information received from the Government, which provided the home address where three victims are currently living and which stated that a fourth victim was in detention, the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule. In two cases, the Government did not provide specific addresses for the victims. In one case, the Government indicated that the information provided was too limited to allow for identification. Clarification 95. Based on information provided by the Government, the Working Group clarified two cases following the expiration of the six-month rule.

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