A/HRC/22/45 Jordan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government 0 0 0 Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 2 Number of cases on which the Multiple replies on some cases Government has replied Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 0 N/A Urgent appeal Yes Government response No General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A 205. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and, regrettably, no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in document E/CN.4/2006 and Corr.1. Urgent appeals 206. The Working Group transmitted on 17 October 2012, jointly with one other special procedures mechanism, a communication under its urgent appeal procedure, concerning Mr. Ashraf Mohammed Yousef Abdulsalam, arrested on 25 September 2012 at his home in Bahrain by agents of the Bahraini State Security Forces. He was reportedly later forcibly returned to Jordan without further information being provided on his fate and whereabouts in spite of requests thereof. At the time of the communication, his fate and whereabouts reportedly remained unknown. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 207. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted two cases to the Government. Both cases remain outstanding. Observations 208. The Working Group expresses its hope that the Government will reply to the urgent appeal transmitted on 17 October 2012 as soon as possible. 68