A/HRC/WGEID/126/1 Information from sources 57. Sources provided information on two outstanding cases, but it was considered insufficient to clarify them. Prompt intervention letter and reply 58. On 26 October 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter concerning alleged threats and harassment against Jimmy Francisco Ortiz Rodríguez, a lawyer, human rights defender and relative of two victims of enforced disappearance whose cases remain outstanding before the Working Group.14 59. On 6 January 2022, the Government provided a reply to the prompt intervention letter sent on 26 October 2021.15 Guatemala Joint prompt intervention letter and reply 60. On 16 December 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter concerning the alleged attacks and threats against Coline Manon Christine Fanon and her brother Dino Ernesto Suchite Rodríguez and other members of their family, as well as against the Racines Perdues foundation.16 61. On 14 February 2022, the Government provided a reply to the prompt intervention letter sent on 16 December 2021.17 India Joint urgent appeal 62. On 1 December 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, an urgent appeal concerning allegations of intimidation, searches and confiscations committed during raids, conducted by national security agents, of Khurram Parvez’s residence and office premises at Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society – a human rights and civil society organization – as well as his subsequent arbitrary arrest and detention on charges related to conspiracy and terrorism.18 63. On 5 January 2022, the Government provided a reply to the joint urgent appeal sent on 1 December 2021. The Government requested that the letter remain confidential. General allegation 64. The Working Group received information from credible sources concerning alleged violations and obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in India, with particular reference to the state of West Bengal. According to the sources, since 2016, nearly 100 people have been forcibly disappeared by members of the Border Security Forces in the state of West Bengal, at the border with Bangladesh. In some of the cases reported, the victims’ fate and whereabouts remain unknown. Allegedly, victims include men, women and minors. In their majority, they are Muslims and often pertain to the lower castes. Members of the Border Security Forces reportedly target villagers – especially if pertaining to low castes – suspected of engaging in smuggling and trafficking across the border. Allegedly, people meeting this 14 15 16 17 18 10 See SLV 6/2021. See reply to SLV 6/2021. See GTM 12/2021. See reply to GTM 12/2021. See IND 19/2021.