A/HRC/4/41 page 72 345. The Working Group invites the Government to provide it with current information on the status of the consolidated anti-disappearance bills and reminds the Government of its obligation under article 4 of the Declaration to make all acts of enforced disappearance “offences under criminal law punishable by appropriate penalties which shall take into account their extreme seriousness”. Russian Federation1 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 452a Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 5 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 12 (See paragraph 348) General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 3 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases N/A Yes N/A Yes (2005) 1 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 454b Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response No N/A Yes a The case of Ibragim Abubakarovich Saidullaev was sent under the Working Group’s urgent action procedure in 2005 but was inadvertently not included in last report. The case concerns a man who was reportedly taken from the computer room of a grocery store by armed persons thought to be from the Federal Security Service of Dagestan. b Five cases were determined to be duplications and were subsequently deleted. Urgent actions 346. Five cases were sent to the Government of the Russian Federation under the urgent action procedure. Two cases concerned Bulat Chilaev and Aslam Israilov, who were allegedly taken from their car by military personnel in Chechnya. Khamzat Shamsuldinovich Tushaev, reportedly disappeared after entering the State office compound in Chechnya where he had been summoned. Aslan Israilovich Mishiev was last seen by the bank of a river surrounded by Russian military. Galgi Shamkhanovich Bashaev reportedly was pulled out of his car, put into a vehicle and held in unofficial detention facilities. Standard cases 347. The Working Group transmitted three further reported cases of disappearance to the Government. Armen Aloyan was reportedly taken by police in Moscow in May 1995. Ibragim Tausovich Uruskhanov was allegedly abducted from his home by members of the Russian federal armed forces. Bashir Adamovich Mustolgov was taken from in front of his house by men in military uniforms.

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