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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
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The Government of Pakistan submitted a late response.
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