A/HRC/42/39 regretted that the Working Group had not considered Pakistan’s response dated 16 April 2018. It considered the opinion one-sided and lacking balance and objectivity. 1 21. Opinion No. 66/2018 (Cuba) concerning Eduardo Cardet Concepción: in a letter dated 22 March 2019, the Government rejected the opinion and stated that the proceedings against Mr. Cardet had been conducted in accordance with international human rights standards. 22. Opinion No. 55/2017 (Cuba) concerning Manuel Rodríguez Alonso: in a note verbale dated 18 July 2018, the Government rejected the findings of the opinion. 6. Requests for review of opinions adopted 23. The Working Group considered the requests for review of the following opinions: • Opinion No. 38/2013 (Cameroon), concerning Michel Thierry Atangana Abega, adopted on 13 November 2013 • Opinion No. 26/2016 (Morocco), concerning Hamo Hassani, adopted on 23 August 2016 • Opinion No. 27/2016 (Morocco), concerning Abdelkader Belliraj, adopted on 23 August 2016 • Opinion No. 11/2017 (Morocco), concerning Salah Eddine Bassir, adopted on 20 April 2017 • Opinion No. 40/2017 (Cameroon) concerning Yves Michel Fotso, adopted on 28 April 2017 • Opinion No. 28/2018 (Egypt) concerning Bakri Mohammed Abdul Latif, Hamdy Awad Mahmoud Abdel Hafez, Abdelkader Harbi, Mohieddin Mohamed, Ammar Mohamed Refaat, Magdy Farouk Ahmed Mohamed, Mohsen Rabee Saad El Din, Mohamed Bahloul Mohamed Ghazali, Mohamed Azmy Mohamed Ahmed, Mohammed Yousef Mohamed Hassan, Mostafa Kamel Mohamed Taha, Mounir Bashir Mohammed Bashir, Maysiruh Abd Alaziz Muhammad Ali, Walid Fouad Abdeen Nasser and Yahya Mohammed Abdul Khaliq Sulaiman, adopted on 24 April 2018 • Opinion No. 18/2018 (Poland) concerning Mateusz Piskorski, adopted on 20 April 2018 24. After examining the requests for review, the Working Group decided to grant the request for review of opinion No. 40/2017 and to maintain its other opinions on the basis that none of the other requests met the criteria outlined in paragraph 21 of its methods of work. 7. Reprisals against subjects of the opinions of the Working Group 25. The Working Group notes with grave concern that it continues to receive information, including in the context of its follow-up procedure, 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. 26. During the reporting period, the Working Group received allegations of reprisals against Sayed Nazar Naama Baqqer Ali Yusuf Alwadaei, Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor and Hajar Mansoor Hassan (opinion No. 51/2018, Bahrain). 27. In addition, the Working Group remains concerned regarding the recent sentencing, on 21 March 2019, of Judge María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, the subject of opinion No. 20/2010. Prior to this ruling, Judge Afiuni spent 3 1/2 years deprived of her liberty. The Working Group considers that the case against her is a measure of reprisal, and reiterates its 1 22 The Government of Pakistan submitted a late response.

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