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63.
By a letter dated 23 August 2001, the Government of the United States of America
provided the Special Rapporteur with information relating to this case. According to information
received, the minor had remained in the custody of the INS until the United States Government
was able to make the necessary inquiries to determine her identity and immigration status and the
whereabouts of her relatives. While the INS was investigating the whereabouts of her relatives,
the minor was said to have been housed in the Boystown shelter facility. The INS was reported
to have made repeated efforts to discern the wishes of her parents as to her case, but had received
conflicting signals as to whether she should return to Nigeria or seek asylum in the United States.
Finally, the United States Government stated that on 8 August 2001, the INS had decided that
the minor should be delivered into the custody and care of a cousin. Her release was reported to
have been approved after the minor’s father had presented information in the United States
Consulate General in Lagos confirming his status.
Indonesia
64.
On 27 February 2001, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal together with the
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions concerning reports
received on the situation in the province of Central Kalimantan, and in particular alleged
incidents of violence committed by members of the Dayak indigenous group against migrants
from the islands of Java and Madura. It had been alleged in the reports received that
over 270 migrants had been killed, including women and children, and that many houses had
been destroyed. It had also been reported that soldiers of the Indonesian army had been present
during the events, but had not intervened or halted the violence.
65.
By a letter dated 12 March 2001, the Government of Indonesia informed the Special
Rapporteur that in the course of the incidents, 365 persons were reported to have lost their lives
and thousands were said to have been forced to flee the province in question. The Government
said it had done its utmost to stem the violence, and, in particular, had deployed six battalions of
soldiers to back up the police, arrested three local officials suspected of masterminding the
attacks, confiscated weapons and detained over 80 persons on charges of vandalism and
another 38 on suspicion of murder. The Government of Indonesia also reported that the security
apparatus had provided protection to persons fleeing the violence. The Government also
informed the Special Rapporteur that on 1 March 2001 Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri
had visited the province to secure an end to the violence and that on 8 March
President Abdurrahman Wahid had visited the town of Sampit, where he was said to have
negotiated a solution with Dayak leaders. The Government reports that on 9 March
President Wahid had flown to Madura to meet the victims who had fled the province, and
assured them that he would do his utmost to guarantee their safe return, as well as the return of
their property. The Indonesian Government assured the Special Rapporteur that the situation in
Sampit had returned to normal.
Lebanon
66.
In her report to the Commission at its fifty-seventh session, the Special Rapporteur
reported the alleged detention incommunicado of Trabun Ibrahim Laku, Gilbert Kwagy,
Adam Abu Bakr Adam and Saah Muhammad Abdallah, Sudanese citizens seeking asylum in