A/HRC/30/36 3. Opinion No. State Government reply Person(s) concerned Opinion 56/2014 United Arab Emirates Yes Saleh Farag Dhaifullah, Ibrahim Detention arbitrary, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Ahmad, category III Mohamed Adulmoneim Mohamed Mahmoud, Ahmad Mahmoud Taha, Medhat Mohamed Mustafa Al Ajez, Ali Ahmad Ibrahim Sonbol, Mohamed Mahmoud Ali Shahdah, Abdullah Mohamed Ibrahim Zaza, Salah Mohamed Rezq Al Mashad, Abdullah Al Arabi Abdullah Omar Ibrahim, Ahmad Gafar, Abdulmoneim Ali Al Said Atyea and Mourad Mohamed Hamed Othman 57/2014 Lebanon No Mohammed Ali Najem and 71 other Detention arbitrary, persons categories I and III Reactions from Governments concerning previous opinions 15. By note verbale dated 19 February 2014, the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office at Geneva transmitted the additional information requested by the Working Group in its opinion No. 58/2013 (Mexico). According to the information provided, the judicial process is still at the preliminary investigation stage; Marco Antonio de Santiago Ríos was arrested in flagrant delict; and during his apprehension, the police officers fully observed the principles of legality, lawfulness, objectivity and efficiency and acted with professionalism, respecting the rights of the person captured. 16. By letter dated 28 February 2014, the Government of Sri Lanka submitted a late response regarding the case of Varnakulasingham Arulanandam (opinion No. 48/2013 (Sri Lanka)). In its letter, the Government provided information on the reasons and circumstances of Mr. Arulanandam’s arrest and detention and on the ongoing court proceedings against him. It stated, inter alia, that Mr. Arulanandam had been promptly informed of the charges against him and brought before the magistrate every month since his arrest. 17. By letter dated 26 December 2013, the Government of Libya informed the Working Group that opinion 41/2013 (Libya) contained a number of errors, and refuted that the detention of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was arbitrary. The Government stated, inter alia, that Mr. Gaddafi had been investigated by the public prosecutor and charged with a number of crimes under domestic legislation, and that the Libyan authorities were willing and capable of trying Mr. Gaddafi, as evidenced by the case of Abdullah al-Senussi, in which the International Criminal Court had determined that domestic authorities were willing and genuinely able to investigate the case. 18. Concerning opinion 38/2013 (Cameroon) on the detention of Michel Thierry Atangana Abega, the Government of Cameroon, by letter dated 31 January 2014, noted with surprise that it had not been granted a deadline extension of 60 days for the submission of its response. The State further argued that the Working Group should give proper space for the simple, yet fundamental, principle of adversarial debate. It informed the Working Group that Mr. Atangana was in detention for embezzlement of public funds, and that the detention was not politically motivated. The Government expressed regret at the 10