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17.
By note verbale, received on 9 December 2015, the Permanent Mission of China to
the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva submitted a late
response on the case concerning Su Changlan (opinion No. 39/2015).
5.
Release of subjects of the Working Group’s opinions
18.
The Working Group received the following information from Governments and/or
sources on the release of subjects of its opinions:
(a)
On 1 July 2015, the Working Group was informed that Thulani Rudolf
Maseko’s appeal had been successful and that he had been unconditionally released on 30
June 2015 (opinion No. 6/2015 (Swaziland));
(b)
By note verbale dated 30 July 2015, the Government of Mexico informed the
Working Group that on 28 May 2015, the second collegiate tribunal of the Twenty-seventh
District of Quintana Roo had ruled in favour of Pedro Celestino Canché Herrera and that he
had been released on the following day (opinion No. 18/2015);
(c)
By note verbale dated 2 November 2015, the Government of the United Arab
Emirates informed the Working Group that Mahmoud Abdulrahman al-Jaidah had been
released in May 2015 (opinion No. 35/2015);
(d)
The Working Group was informed that Wael Aly Ahmed Aly had been
released on December 2012 following a decision on his appeal (opinion No. 1/2012
(Egypt));
(e)
On 20 November 2015, the Working Group was informed that Abdelmageed
Meshali had been released on 22 April 2015; Khaled El-Kazza had been released
previously, on 12 January 2015 (opinion No. 39/2013 (Egypt));
(f)
On 20 November 2015, the Working Group was informed that Issam
Mahamed Tahar Al Barquaoui Al Uteibi had been released after serving his sentence
(opinions No. 18/2007 and No. 60/2011 (Jordan));
(g)
The Working Group was informed that three subjects of its opinion No.
53/2013 (Jordan) had been released;
(h)
The Working Group was informed that the subjects of opinions No. 37/2008,
No. 2/2011, No. 45/2011 and No. 18/2014 (Saudi Arabia) had been released. In addition, in
regard to opinion No. 25/2004 (Saudi Arabia), the Working Group was only recently
informed that on 11 January 2009 Matrouk b. Hais b. Khalif Al-Faleh had been released;
(i)
The Working Group was informed that the subjects of opinions No. 9/2008,
No. 40/2008, No. 13/2009, No. 17/2010 and No. 19/2012 (Yemen) had been released. With
regard to opinion No. 5/2011 (Yemen), the Working Group only learned recently that
Osama Mohsen Hussein Al Saadi had been released on 11 September 2010;
(j)
The Working Group was informed that Nikola Milat had been released
(opinion No. 14/2010 (United Arab Emirates));
(k)
The Working Group was informed that Paul Eric Kingue had been released
on 21 May 2015 (opinion No. 38/2014 (Cameroon));
(l)
The Working Group was informed that Mazen Darwish had been released on
10 August 2015 (opinion No. 43/2013 (Syrian Arab Republic));
(m) The Working Group was informed that Mary Ta Phong Tan had been
released on 19 September 2015 (opinion No. 26/2013 (Viet Nam));
(n)
The Working Group was informed that Yara Sallam had been released on 23
September 2015 (opinion No. 52/2015 (Egypt)).
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