A/HRC/10/21 page 5 2. Opinions of the Working Group 7. Pursuant to its methods of work,1 the Working Group, in addressing its Opinions to Governments, drew their attention to former Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1997/50 and 2003/31 and Human Rights Council resolution 6/4, requesting them to take account of the Working Group’s Opinions and, where necessary, to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation of persons arbitrarily deprived of their liberty and to inform the Working Group of the steps they had taken. On the expiry of the three-week deadline, the Opinions were transmitted to the source. Table 1 Opinions adopted during the fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third sessions of the Working Group Opinion No. 1/2008 Government’s reply Syrian Arab Republic Equatorial Guinea Yes United Arab Emirates Islamic Republic of Iran Syrian Arab Republic Yes 6/2008 Saudi Arabia Yes 7/2008 Myanmar Yes 8/2008 Colombia Yes 9/2008 Yemen Yes 2/2008 3/2008 4/2008 5/2008 1 Country E/CN.4/1998/44, annex I. No Yes Yes Person(s) concerned Mr. Mus’ab al-Hariri. Opinion Detention arbitrary, category III. Commandant Juan Ondo Abaga; Detention arbitrary, Lieutenant-Colonel Florencio Elá categories I (between Bibang, Pedro Esono Ntunu and 3 July 2005 and Antimo Edu Nchama. 6 September 2005) and III (since 3 July 2005). Mr. Abdullah Sultan Sabihat Detention arbitrary, Ali Alili. categories II and III. Ms. Shamila (Delara) Detention arbitrary, Darabi Haghighi. category III. Detention arbitrary, Messrs. Anwar al-Bunni; categories II and III. Michel Kilo and Mahmoud ‘Issa. Mr. Abdul Rahman b. Abdelaziz Detention arbitrary, al Sudays. category III. Messrs. Ko Than Htun and Detention arbitrary, Ko Tin Htay. category II. Messrs. Frank Yair Estrada Cases filed (paragraph 17 (a) Marin; Carlos Andrés Giraldo of the Working Group’s Hincapié and Alejandro de Jesús methods of work) and González Duque. considering that their detention was arbitrary. Messrs. Frank Yair Estrada Marin and Carlos Andrés Giraldo Hincapié: detention was arbitrary, to category I. Mr. Saqar Abdelkader Detention arbitrary, al Chouitier. categories I and II.