A/HRC/22/45 Algeria Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2,960 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review:46 Cases clarified during the period under review:1 Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 1 0 1 3,005 45 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 2,714 N/A 0 Urgent Appeals N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter Yes Government response Yes Working Group request for a visit Yes Invitation extended Yesa Urgent action 7. The Working Group transmitted one case under its urgent action procedure to the Government. The case concerned Mr. Zoubir Kaf, who was allegedly last seen in late July 2012 in detention in the barracks of the Direction du Renseignement et de la Sécurité (DRS – Information and Security Authority) of Ouargla, approximately 800 kilometres south of Algiers. Standard procedure 8. The Working Group transmitted 45 newly-reported cases to the Government concerning Messrs. Boualem Bounaira, Ayache Bouroudi, Ferhat Boumaaza, Ali Bouneas, Ammar Zeraoulia, Rachid Bouroudi, Rabi Maouche, Abdenor Maouche, Salah Makhtoute, Salah Mehamdioua, Mohamed Loudini, Abdelouaheb Lehileh, Kaddour Lehileh, Bachir Layeb, Ammar Laouici, Boualem Khellafi, Belkacem Micha, Mouloud Merighed, Karim Mekhalfa, Mahfoud Lahmar, Mebarek Lagoune, Abderrahmane Kelikha, Ferhat Nouri, Amor Mechidi, Salim Zeraoulia, Mohammed El Seghir Haouas, Khalifa Annab, Ali Djerouiti, Djamel Ayad, Mohamed Belhaid, Karim Belabid, Boulenouar Djoulem, Gherfi Ahcene, Ahmed Hezouete, Ferhat Habbache, Mouloud Grine, Larbi Chatal, Ahmed Gherda, Mohamed Fedsi, Yazid Chine, Rachid Basbas, Ferhat Bousdelnou, Ammar Bousloub, Ali Boussaboun, and Laid Himrouche. The majority of these persons allegedly disappeared between 1994 and 1996, in Jijel. Most disappearances are attributed to the military and the National Gendarmerie. Prompt intervention letter 9. On 31 July 2012, the Working Group, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, transmitted a prompt intervention letter to the Government concerning allegations of excessive use of force during a peaceful rally held on 5 July 2012 by individuals including members of the Collectif des Familles de Disparus en Algérie a See paragraph 18. 25