92. 此外，来文方指控，所有五人在被捕后都遭受强迫失踪，不允许他们与家人联系，和/或他们的家人不知道他们的下落或命运。尽管政府在答复中表示这些指控是毫无根据的、不真实的，但没有为反驳这些指控进一步证实其断言。政府官员拒绝透露这五人的命运和下落，似乎确实违背他们的意愿剥夺了他们的自由。17 在这种情况下，工作组倾向于接受来文方的说法，即这五人遭受了强迫失踪，违反《公民及政治权利国际公约》第九和第十四条，构成了特别严重的任意拘留。18 工作组指出，他们也被置于法律保护之外，违反《世界人权宣言》第六13 除其他外，见第 73/2019 号意见、第 5/2020 号意见及第 41/2020 号意见。
92. Furthermore, the source alleges that all five individuals were subjected to enforced disappearance following their arrests as they were not allowed to contact their families and/or their families did not know their whereabouts or fate. Although the Government, in its response, states that these allegations are baseless and false, it does not substantiate its assertions any further in order to refute such allegations. It would indeed appear that the five 13 See, inter alia, opinions No. 73/2019, No. 5/2020 and No. 41/2020.