State(s) Government reply Person(s) concerned Opinion Follow-up information received Government and the source2 2 11/2017 Morocco Yes Salah Eddine Bassir Detention arbitrary, categories II, III and V - 12/2017 Cuba Yes Danilo Maldonado Machado Detention arbitrary, categories I and III Following the release of Mr. Maldonado Machado, no further action taken to implement the opinion, information from the Government and the source 13/2017 Republic of Korea Yes Twelve female defectors of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (whose names are known by the Working Group) Case filed (paragraph 17 (a) of methods of work) N/A 14/2017 Cameroon Yes Cornelius Fonya Detention arbitrary, categories I, II, III and V No action taken to implement the opinion, information from the source 15/2017 Maldives Yes Ahmed Mahloof Detention arbitrary, categories II, III and V Mr. Mahloof has been released and no further action has been taken to implement the opinion, information from the Government 16/2017 Kazakhstan Yes Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanov Detention arbitrary, categories II, III and V Following appeals to all three instances, sentences were upheld. See the section on reprisals. A/HRC/39/45 6 Opinion No.