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persons’ right to life and to physical integrity were respected. When the appeal made reference to
the critical state of health of certain persons or to particular circumstances, such as failure to
execute a court order for release, the Working Group requested the Government concerned to
take all necessary measures to have the persons concerned released. In accordance with
Human Rights Council resolution 5/2, the Working Group integrated into its methods of work
the prescriptions of the Code of Conduct relating to urgent appeals and has since applied them.
23. During the period under review, 169 urgent appeals were transmitted by the Working
Group as follows:
Table 2
Urgent appeals transmitted to Governments by the Working Group
Government concerned
Number
of urgent
appeals
Persons concerned
Persons
released/Info
received from
Algeria
2
2 men
Azerbaijan
1
2 men
Bahrain
5
6 men and 3 minors
(boys)
3 (Government)
2 (Source)
Bangladesh
6
7 men, 1 woman
1 (Source)
Bulgaria
1
1 man
1 (Source)
Burundi
2
12 men, 1 woman
2 (Source)
Cameroon
1
11 men
11 (Source)
Canada
1
3 men
Central African Republic
1
1 man
Chad
2
2 men
China (People’s Republic of)
14
1 (Source)
17 men, 10 women,
6 boys
Colombia
2
5 men
Democratic Republic of the Congo
4
7 men, 1 woman,
2 unidentified persons
Egypt
1
17 men,
140 unidentified persons
Eritrea
3
12 men, 76 unidentified
persons
Ethiopia
2
7 men, 2 women,
70 unidentified persons
Georgia
1
3 men
Honduras
1
1 man
9 (Government)
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