A/HRC/39/45 • Rubén Sarabia Sánchez (opinion No. 65/2017, Mexico) • Adilur Rahman Khan (opinion No. 67/2017, Malaysia) • Zaheer Seepersad (opinion No. 68/2017, Trinidad and Tobago) • Marcos Antonio Aguilar-Rodríguez (opinion No. 72/2017, United States of America) • Ewan Mawarire (opinion No. 82/2017, Zimbabwe) • Roberto Antonio Picón Herrera (opinion No. 84/2017, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) • Thirumurugan Gandhi (opinion No. 88/2017, India) • Yousuf bin Khamis bin Moosa al Balouchi (opinion No. 94/2017, Oman) 12. The Working Group expresses its gratitude to those Governments that undertook positive actions and released detainees that had been subjects of its opinions. However, it also expresses regret that various Member States have not cooperated in implementing the opinions and urges those States to do so as a matter of urgency. The Working Group recalls that the continued detention of those individuals is a continued violation of their right to liberty, under article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 5. Reactions from Governments concerning previous opinions 13. During the reporting period, the Working Group received several reactions from Governments concerning its previous opinions. 14. In its notes verbales of 17 January and 21 February 2017, the Government of Argentina submitted further updates on the judicial process concerning Milagro Sala (opinion No. 31/2016). 15. In a note verbale dated 27 January 2017, the Government of Cameroon informed the Working Group that it took note of its opinion No. 22/2016 concerning Marafa Hamidou Yaya. However, it expressed concern at the imbalance between the way that information from the Government and information from the source were presented in the opinion, both in terms of form and substance (opinion No. 22/2016). 16. On 6 February 2017, in response to the joint urgent appeal of 6 October 2016 (IRN 26/2016), the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran provided updates on the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (opinion No. 28/2016). 17. In its note verbale of 23 February 2017, the Government of Viet Nam responded to the joint urgent appeal dated 5 December 2016 (VNM 10/2016) concerning the situation of Hung Linh Nguyen. The Government denied the accuracy of allegations transmitted by the Working Group and other special procedure mandate holders, both in terms of the investigation, trial and sentencing of Mr. Nguyen and his alleged restricted access to medical care (opinion No. 46/2015). 18. The Government of Turkey, in its note verbale of 1 May 2017, submitted a late response in the case of Rebii Metin Görgeç (opinion No. 1/2017). 19. In its note verbale of 4 May 2017, the Government of Uzbekistan submitted a late response in the case of Aramais Avakyan (opinion No. 29/2017). 20. On 5 May 2017, the Permanent Mission of New Zealand transmitted a note verbale to the Working Group advising that the Government of New Zealand was not aware of the Working Group’s consideration of the case of Mr. A, and therefore did not provide its views on it (opinion No. 21/2015). 21. In a note verbale dated 9 May 2017, the Government of Australia submitted a late response in the case of Abdalrahman Hussein (opinion No. 28/2017). 22. In a note verbale of 23 June 2017, the Government of Iraq submitted a late response in the case of Salih Mohammed Salih Mansour al Dulaimi (opinion No. 32/2017). 21