A/HRC/36/37 7. Reprisal against subjects of the opinions of the Working Group 29. The Working Group notes with grave concern that it has received information on reprisals suffered by individuals who had been the subject of an urgent appeal or opinion or whose cases had given effect to a recommendation of the Working Group. 30. In that respect, the Working Group remains concerned regarding the continued detention under house arrest of María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, the subject of its opinion No. 20/2010, who was arrested in 2009 for ordering the conditional release of Eligio Cedeño, the subject of the Working Group’s opinion No. 10/2009. The Working Group considers the detention of Ms. Afiuni Mora as a measure of reprisal. It is also concerned at claims that Ms. Afiuni Mora was subjected to ill-treatment and sexual assault during her detention and that those claims were not promptly investigated. It reiterates its calls upon the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to release Ms. Afiuni Mora immediately and provide her with effective and adequate reparations. The Working Group has decided to refer the case of Ms. Afiuni Mora to the Assistant Secretary-General on human rights, who is leading the efforts of the United Nations to put an end to intimidation and reprisals against those cooperating with it on human rights. 31. In its resolutions 12/2 and 24/24, the Human Rights Council called upon Governments to prevent and refrain from all acts of intimidation or reprisal against those who seek to cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, or who have provided testimony or information to them. The Working Group encourages Member States to undertake all measures possible to guard against reprisals. 8. Urgent appeals 32. During the period 1 January-31 December 2016, the Working Group sent 74 urgent appeals to 38 Governments concerning 263 individuals. The list of countries concerned is as follows: Algeria (3 urgent appeals) Bahrain (2 urgent appeals) Bangladesh (1 urgent appeal) Cambodia (2 urgent appeals) Chad (1 urgent appeal) China (7 urgent appeals) Congo (1 urgent appeal) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2 urgent appeals) Egypt (2 urgent appeals) Ethiopia (2 urgent appeals) France (1 urgent appeal) Greece (1 urgent appeal) Haiti (1 urgent appeal) India (3 urgent appeals) Iran (Islamic Republic of) (7 urgent appeals) Israel (4 urgent appeals) 15