A/HRC/45/13 about the killings of individuals searching for their disappeared relatives. The Working Group also noted allegations made as to the existence of secret detention facilities, and the frequent reporting of cooperation between security forces and the “Imbonerakure” youth wing of the ruling party in perpetrating disappearances. In several reported cases, the alleged perpetrators were identified by name and rank. 57. In light of the election of a new president in Burundi, the Working Group hopes that efforts will be undertaken by the Government to investigate cases of enforced disappearance and that Burundi will extend its cooperation to the Working Group. The Working Group echoes the call of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi requesting the new President of the Republic to “demonstrate his willingness for change regarding human rights issues by fully cooperating with the international human rights mechanisms”.26 58. The Working Group reiterates its support for the decision of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on 25 October 2017, to open an investigation into the situation in Burundi, including on cases of enforced disappearance. 27 At the same time, it fully endorses the recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi to establish, with the support of the international community, an independent body with a mandate to investigate the cases of disappearance reported since April 2015, to locate potential mass graves and to exhume and identify the remains (A/HRC/39/63, para. 85 (c)). China 59. The Working Group continues to be concerned at the situation of Uighurs in detention in a number of facilities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in conditions that appear to amount to enforced disappearances. 28 The Working Group has also raised concerns over the liuzhi system, which allows members of the Communist Party of China or employees of organizations involved in public affairs to be detained for up to six months at a secret location with no contact with their family members and no appeal (A/HRC/WGEID/119/1, annex I, paras. 12–15), as well as by the continued use of residential surveillance in a designated location. The Working Group reiterates that accurate information on the detention of persons deprived of liberty and their place or places of detention, including transfers, should be made promptly available to their family members, to their counsel or to any other persons having a legitimate interest in the information (art. 10 (2) of the Declaration) and that failure to do so amounts to an enforced disappearance. 60. On 19 February 2013, the Working Group requested an invitation to visit the country. No response has yet been received from the Government, in spite of reminders sent on 27 October 2014, 27 November 2015, 18 November 2016, 19 January 2018, 18 January 2019 and 11 March 2020. The Working Group hopes that a positive reply will be received soon. Egypt 61. During the reporting period, the Working Group continued to review allegations of enforced disappearance concerning Egypt and to transmit them to the Government. Eightynine new cases were transmitted, while 64 cases were clarified. As regards the cases that were clarified, 60 persons were confirmed to be in detention, and 1 person, Mahmoud Ghareeb Mahmoud Qassim, was confirmed to have been killed. The Working Group notes that a majority of the clarified cases concern individuals who reappear in detention following several weeks of enforced disappearance. The Working Group has received allegations regarding the reappearance of victims before the prosecutor after having been subjected to torture during the period of enforced disappearance. The Working Group 26 27 28 18 See the oral briefing of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, held in Geneva on 14 July 2020, available at www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26087&LangID=E. No. ICC-01/17-X, 25 October 2017, para. 117. A/HRC/39/46, para. 88.