A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 96 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted December 2006, Mr. Meqcha Mengistu has been detained by the police at a secret location after being under police surveillance for several days. His exact whereabouts are not known and the authorities deny all knowledge about his whereabouts. 70. 13/02/07 JUA TERR; TOR 71. 02/05/07 JUA WGAD; IJL; MIG; TOR; Bashir Ahmed Makhtal, a 42-year-old Canadian citizen, born in Dagahbur, Ogaden, Abdi Abdulahi Osman, a 41-year-old Somali citizen, born in Gunagado, Dagahbur, Ogaden, Ali Afi Jama, a 33-year-old Somali citizen, born in Godey, Ogaden and Hussein Aw Nuur Gurraase, 35-year-old Somali citizen, born in Gunagado, Ogaden, all trading in second-hand clothing. On 31 December 2006, the four men were arrested by Kenyan authorities, who suspected them to be terrorists. The arrests were conducted on the basis of provisions of an antiterror bill which has not yet been adopted. The four men were held in custody for three weeks without official charges. On 21 January 2007, they were transferred to the Ethiopian armed forces in Mogadishu. Bashir Ahmed Makhtal (see above), Ms. Halima Badrudine Hussein, a citizen of the Comoros, and her children (names and age unknown), Ayub Abdurazak, a resident of France, Tesfaldet Kidane Tesfasgi, a citizen of Eritrea and television cameraman, Saleh Idris Salim, a citizen of Eritrea and television journalist, Osman Government response Code, the Court has allowed a remand period for police to undertake the necessary investigations. The men are now held at Addis Ababa Police Commission headquarters. The Government assures that they are being treated humanely and in accordance with international norms and standards. While in detention they are allowed visits by their family, friends and religious counselors. By letter dated 23/05/07, the Government informed that the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia handed over to Ethiopia 41 individuals captured in the course of the conflict in Somalia. Most of these detainees have now been released. Only eight of the detainees now remain in custody by the order of the court.