A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 105 Para 78. Country Germany Date 18/12/06 Type JAL Mandate TERR; TOR Allegations transmitted Government response The police also targeted journalists covering the events as well as independent observers. Two cameramen from Imedi TV were also hospitalized. The Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia, Sozar Subari, was also attacked by the riot police with rubber truncheons. He was present in the protest to document the police actions. The riot police also raided the offices of two television stations, Imedi TV and Kavkasia, taking them off the air. Imedi radio station and Internet website were also suspended. Demonstrators who gathered outside Imedi TV headquarters to protest its suspension were dispersed by the police with tear gas and physical attacks. Later in the evening of 7 November, the Government declared a state of emergency for 48 hours, suspending a number of fundamental rights. The state of emergency was later extended to 15 days. In particular, all public demonstrations in the country were banned and only the state television was allowed to broadcast news. It is believed that around 500 protesters were injured, 100 of which remain hospitalized. Organization of secret transfers of terrorist suspects by the United States European Command (EUCOM) headquarters, StuttgartVaihingen. EUCOM played a central role in the secret transfer of six suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. EUCOM organized from Germany the abduction of six prisoners of Algerian origin, namely Bensayah Belkacem, Hadj Boudellaa, Saber Lahmar, Mustafa Ait Idir, Boumediene Lakhdar and Mohamed By letter dated 16/02/07, the Government informed that the transfer of the terror suspects to the U.S. authorities by the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities in January 2002 became known to the public through media reports in November 2006 and had led to violent protests in Sarajevo. The Government does not have further detailed information to conclude whether the allegations are accurate. It is correct that at the time two German liaison officers were deployed to

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