A/HRC/10/9 page 32 certain period of time. The Working Group was informed that this case took place in the context of extraordinary rendition programmes that were allegedly carried out by the United States of America together with Egypt, where the person was secretly imprisoned and reportedly tortured. 144. No response was received from the Government regarding this general allegation. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding to date 145. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted 23 cases to the Government. It clarified 7 cases on the basis of information provided by the Government and 1 case on the basis of information provided by the source; 15 remain outstanding. Observations 146. The Working Group requests the Government to provide information on the allegation, in particular whether the rendition, which would amount to enforced disappearance, regardless of its purpose, took place on 17 February 2003. El Salvador Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2 270 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 No N/A N/A Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2 270 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A Yes 147. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. The country visit report is contained in A/HRC/7/2/Add.2. Observation 148. The Working Group sent a letter to the Government of El Salvador requesting a report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group following its country visit in 2007. The Working Group regrets that no such report was received.

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