Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 318, November 1999

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 36. At its June 1999 session (see 316th Report, paras. 379-390), the Committee had urged the Government, if it had not yet been done, to release without delay the four trade union officers of the USATC, i.e. Ibouroi Ali Tabibou, Abdéramane Mohamed Said, Mad Ali and Mdjomba Moussa, if it was found that they had been arrested for reasons connected with the exercise of their trade union rights, and to keep it informed in this respect.
2. 37. In a communication dated 7 July 1999, the Government points out that Ahmed Abdou Halidi and Ibouroi Ali Tabibou had not been imprisoned but only detained for the time required for the legal authorities to question them; they had been subsequently released.
3. 38. The Committee takes note of this information but regrets that the Government failed to provide any information on the fate of the other trade union officials, i.e. Abdéramane Mohamed Said, Mad Ali and Mdjomba Moussa. The Committee urges the Government once again to confirm that these trade union officials have been released and to keep it informed in this respect.