A/HRC/22/44
Opinion
No.
3.
Country
Government’s
reply
Person(s) concerned
Opinion
61/2012
United Arab
Emirates
No
Hassine Bettaibi
Detention arbitrary, category
I
62/2012
Ethiopia
No
Eskinder Nega
Detention arbitrary,
categories II and III
63/2012
Bangladesh
No
Hachimuddin Sheikh, Mefroza Detention arbitrary, category
Khatun and Master Ariful
I
Sheikh
64/2012
Switzerland
Yes
Sobirov Shohruh
Case filed (para. 17 (a) of the
Working Group’s methods of
work)
65/2012
Uzbekistan
Yes
Azamjon Farmonov, Alisher
Karamatov
Detention arbitrary, category
II
66/2012
Bangladesh
No
Azharul Islam, Ghulam Azam, Detention arbitrary, category
Mir Quasem Ali
III
67/2012
Uzbekistan
Yes
Dilmurod Saidov
Detention arbitrary, category
II
68/2012
Morocco
Yes
Kalid Kaddar
Case filed (para. 17 (b) of the
Working Group’s methods of
work)
69/2012
Cuba
Yes
Alan Phillip Gross
Detention arbitrary, category
III
Reactions from Governments concerning previous opinions
12.
By notes verbales the following Governments submitted information on opinions
adopted by the Working Group: Belarus for opinion No. 14/2012; Bahrain for opinion No.
6/2012; Bangladesh for opinion No. 66/2011; Bolivia (Plurinational State of) for opinion
No. 63/2011; China for opinion No. 23/2011; Iraq for opinion No. 32/2012; Lebanon for
opinions Nos. 55/2011 and 56/2011; Maldives for opinion No. 4/2009; Mauritania for
opinion No. 18/2010; Mexico for opinions Nos. 61/2011 and 67/2011; Nicaragua for
opinion No. 10/2012; Panama for opinion No. 2/2012; Qatar for opinion No. 68/2011;
Syrian Arab Republic for opinions Nos. 24/2010 and 44/2011; Saudi Arabia for opinions
Nos. 36/2008, 2/2011, 10/2011, 19/2011, 27/2011, 28/2011, 31/2011, 33/2011, 42/2011,
45/2011; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) for opinions Nos. 20/2010; 27/2011; 28/2011
and 65/2011 and Uzbekistan for opinions Nos. 14/2008 and 53/2011.1
13.
By note verbale dated 20 November 2012, the Government of Spain submitted
information concerning Adnam El Hadj, a Moroccan national and the subject of opinion
No. 37/2012 (Spain) adopted on 30 August 2012. The Government expressed that the
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