A/HRC/22/44
Release of subjects of the Working Group’s opinions
18.
The Working Group received information from Governments and sources on the
release of the following subjects of its opinions: Francois Nyamoya of opinion No. 17/2012
(Burundi); Crispin Mumango of opinion No. 18/2012 (Burundi); Hanevy Ould Dahah of
opinion No. 18/2010 (Mauritania); Hugo Sánchez Ramírez of opinion 33/2012 (Mexico);
Mohamed Hassan Echerif El-Kettani of opinion No. 35/2011 (Morocco); Ahmed Jaber
Mahmoud Othman of opinion No. 57/2011 (Egypt); Maikel Nabil Sanad of opinion No.
50/2011 (Egypt); Mahmoud Abdelasamad Kassem of opinion No. 7/2011 (Egypt);
Mohammed Amin Kamal of opinion No. 57/2011 (Egypt); Mohammed bin Abdullah bin
Ali Al-Abdulkarrem of opinion No. 43/2011 (Saudi Arabia); Muhammad Geloo of opinion
No. 44/2011 (Saudi Arabia); Nizar Ahmed Sultan Abdelhalem of opinion No. 8/2011
(Egypt); Sayed Mohammed Adullah Nimr, Islam Abdullah Ali Tony and Ahmed Maher
Hosni Saifuddin, of opinion No. 11/2012 (Egypt); Thamer Ben Abdelkarim Alkhodr of
opinion No. 42/2011 (Saudi Arabia); Salem Al-Kuwari of opinion No. 68/2011 (Qatar);
Mohamed Abdullah Al Uteibi of opinion No. 33/2011 (Saudi Arabia); Abdul Hafiez Abdul
Rahman of opinion No. 37/2011 (Syrian Arab Republic); Tuhama Mahmoud Ma’ruf of
opinion No. 39/2011 (Syrian Arab Republic) and Ahmed Mansoor of opinion No. 64/2011
(United Arab Emirates).
19.
The Working Group expresses its gratitude to those Governments that undertook
positive actions and released detainees that were subjects of its opinions.
4.
Requests for review of opinions adopted
20.
The Working Group considered the Government requests for review of the
following opinions: No. 54/2011 (Angola); Nos. 15/2011 and 16/2011 (China); No.
12/2012 (Egypt) and No. 46/2011 (Viet Nam).
21.
After carefully and closely examining the requests for review, the Working Group
decided to maintain its opinions, in accordance with paragraph 21 of its methods of work
(A/HRC/16/47, annex, and Corr.1).
5.
Reprisal against a subject of an opinion of the Working Group
22.
The Working Group expresses its concern regarding the continued detention of
Marìa Lourdes Afiuni Mora, subject of its opinion No. 20/2010 (Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela), who was arrested in 2009 for ordering the conditional release of Eligio
Cedenõ, also the subject of the Working Group’s opinion No. 10/2009 (Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela). The Working Group considers the action against Judge Afiuni as reprisal. It
calls on the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to immediately release
Ms. Afiuni and to provide her with effective reparations.
6.
Communications giving rise to urgent appeals
23.
During the period 18 November 2011–17 November 2012, the Working Group sent
104 urgent appeals to 44 countries concerning 606 individuals (including 56 women).
Urgent appeals were sent to the following countries:
Algeria (2 urgent appeals); Azerbaijan (1); Bahrain (4); Barbados (1); Bolivia
(Plurinational State of) (1); Cambodia (2); Central African Republic (1); China (6);
Colombia (1); Cyprus (1); Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (1); Democratic
Republic of the Congo (1); Egypt (3); Equatorial Guinea (1); Eritrea (1); Ethiopia
(2); India (2); Iran (Islamic Republic of) (4); Iraq (3); Israel (2); Kazakhstan (3);
Kyrgyzstan (1); Libya (1); Maldives (3); Mali (1); Mauritania (1); Mexico (1);
Republic of Moldova (1); Myanmar (3); Oman (2); Pakistan (2); Russian Federation
(3); Saudi Arabia (8); Sudan (5); Syrian Arab Republic (6); Thailand (2); Turkey
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