A/HRC/33/50 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)). 8

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