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Brazil
Standard procedure
23.
Under its standard procedure, the Working Group transmitted three cases to the
Government concerning:
(a)
A 9-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 21
November 2002, by a marine officer;
(b)
A 9-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 22
December 2002, by a marine officer;
(c)
An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on
31 January 2008, by a marine officer.
Cameroon
Information from sources
24.
Sources provided information on one outstanding case, but the information was
considered insufficient to clarify the case.
Clarification based on information from sources
25.
On the basis of information provided by sources, the Working Group decided to
clarify two cases, one concerning Ernest Tikum Dinga and one concerning Ngoe Ernest
Mofa, both of whom were released from detention.
China
Standard procedure
26.
Under its standard procedure, the Working Group transmitted two cases to the
Government concerning:
(a)
Thupten Lobsang Lhundup, a national of China of Tibetan ethnicity who was
allegedly arrested in June 2019 from his home in Chengdu city, Sichuan Province, by Public
Security Bureau officers;
(b)
Sadir Ali, a national of China of Uighur ethnicity who was allegedly arrested
on 29 June 2018 at his house in Atushishi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, by Kashgar
city police personnel.
Information from sources
27.
Sources provided information on one outstanding case, but the information was
considered insufficient to clarify the case.
Joint allegation letters and replies
28.
On 10 June 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure
mechanisms, an allegation letter concerning the alleged forced organ harvesting targeting
ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities such as Falun Gong practitioners, Uighurs, Tibetans,
Muslims and Christians in detention.10
29.
On 16 July 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure
mechanisms, an allegation letter concerning the alleged arbitrary detention and enforced
disappearance of two Tibetan Buddhists, Go Sherab Gyatso and Rinchen Tsultrim.11
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See CHN 5/2021.
See CHN 7/2021.
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