E/CN.4/2001/83 page 18 according to the source, of their national origin and migrant status. It reported that physical attacks and torture accompanied the assaults on Bolivian families living in that area and that, in some cases, the victims were given electric shocks and burned with irons. 76. In a letter dated 11 September 2000, the Government of Argentina provided the Special Rapporteur with information on the progress of the investigation into the attacks suffered by Bolivian labourers in the country. The Government stated that the first step was the arrest of eight people, from whom it seized a large number of weapons they had in their possession. The Government is continuing the investigation to try to determine the motive for the crimes. Canada 77. On 9 August 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with Ms. Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, referring to the case of Anam Iqra, a Pakistani woman who sought asylum in Canada. According to the information received, Anam Iqra’s father killed her mother for not complying with the family’s practices. After her mother’s death, Anam Iqra was tortured by her brother and was threatened with death by her family on various occasions. She sought asylum far from Pakistan, in the United States and later in Canada. The Special Rapporteur was told that Anam Iqra ran the risk of being deported to Pakistan after her application for refugee status was denied. The Special Rapporteur appealed to the Canadian Government to prevent Anam Iqra’s deportation. 78. In a letter dated 28 November 2000, the Canadian Government sent the Special Rapporteur information on Anam Iqra’s case. The Government states that the woman was declared eligible for refugee status on 25 July 2000. On 7 September 2000, she was granted a temporary work permit pending the decision in her case. According to the Government, the time period for a status determination hearing in the Quebec region, where Anam Iqra lives, is about eight months. The Government reports that the Immigration and Refugee Commission in charge of the case is subject to strict confidentiality regulations which prevent it from releasing information about cases except with the express authorization of the person concerned or his legal representative. In its communication, the Government states that the concerns expressed by the Special Rapporteurs in their urgent appeal would be taken into account as part of Anam Iqra’s file during the hearing and that, since Anam Iqra arrived in Canada from the United States, her deportation, if such were decided, would be back to that country, not to Pakistan. United Arab Emirates 79. On 9 March 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions regarding the case of Kartini bint Karim, an Indonesian immigrant in the United Arab Emirates. According to the information received, the woman was employed as a domestic servant in Fujairah and became pregnant in 1999, as a result of which her employers accused her of adultery. She was brought before the local authorities and gave birth during her detention. Appearing without legal representation, she was tried by the city