79. 在确定剥夺这五人的自由是否具有任意性时，工作组考虑了其判例中确立的处理证据问题的原则。如果来文方提出了违反国际法并构成任意拘留的初步证据，政府如要反驳指控，则应承担举证责任。政府仅仅声称遵循了法律程序并不能充分地驳斥来文方的指控。9
79. In determining whether the deprivation of liberty of the five individuals is arbitrary, the Working Group has regard to the principles established in its jurisprudence to deal with evidentiary issues. If the source has presented a prima facie case for breach of the international law constituting arbitrary detention, the burden of proof should be understood to rest upon the Government if it wishes to refute the allegations. Mere assertions by the Government that lawful procedures have been followed are not sufficient to rebut the source’s allegations.9