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3.
Follow-up procedure
17.
The table above shows information received by the Working Group as of 30 June
2020 pursuant to the follow-up procedure adopted by the Working Group at its seventy-sixth
session, held in August 2016.
18.
The Working Group thanks the sources and the Governments for their responses in
the context of its follow-up procedure and invites all parties to cooperate and provide such
responses. It notes, however, that these responses do not necessarily imply the
implementation of its opinions. The Working Group encourages sources and Governments
to provide comprehensive information on the release of individuals who have been the
subject of its opinions, as well as other information, such as on the payment of compensation
and/or reparations, the investigation of alleged violations of human rights and any other
changes in legislation or practices, in accordance with the recommendations made.
4.
Release of the subjects of the Working Group’s opinions
19.
The Working Group notes with appreciation the information received during the
period 1 January to 31 December 2019 on the release of the following subjects of its opinions:
• Gustave Bagayamukwe Tadji (opinion No. 23/2018, Democratic Republic of the
Congo) – released following amnesty
• Mounir Bashir Mohammed Bashir; Hamdy Awad Mahmoud Abdel Hafez, Bakri
Mohammed Abdul Latif, Magdy Farouk Ahmed Mohamed, Mohsen Rabee Saad El
Din, Mostafa Kamel Mohamed Taha (opinion No. 28/2018, Egypt)
• Reem Qutb Bassiouni Qutb Jabbara (opinion No. 63/2018, Egypt) – provisional
release
• Jeong-Ro Kim (opinion No. 69/2018, Republic of Korea) – released on bail
• Alexi José Álvarez Martínez, Juan Carlos Arellano de la Horta, Diego Binel
Artunduaga Pineda, Januel Barrios Hernández, Pedro Nelson Berrío, Eduardo Blanco
Castilla, Israel Cáceres Esteban, David Canencia Calderón, Arley Castaño del Toro,
Joaquín Contreras Berrío, Deivis Manuel Crespop Constante, Glisel D’Arcos Ramos,
Alver Enrique De León, Martín José Escorcia Cassiani, Helder Escorcia, Luis Espita
Ávila, German Espita, William Estemor Ruiz, Juan David Fernández Viloria, Marlon
Ernesto Fuentes Oviedo, Iván Antonio Galán Ramos, Paterson García Julio, Emerson
González Barrios, Helen Katherine Hincapié Brochero, Ever José Julio Agresoth,
Deivis Julio Agresoth, Héctor José Machado, Víctor Alfonso Márquez Chiquillo,
Norbeys Martínez Torres, José Abigaíl Miranda Zúñiga, Enoc Montemiranda
Molinares, Blas Elías Moreno Ochoa, José Stalin Moreno, Isaac Núñez Padilla,
Edilberto Ortega Silgado, Nerio Ortiz Aujebet, Sahadys Palomino Vanegas, Jader
Pardo, Franklin Víctor Pérez, Luis Alberto Pérez Díaz, Darwin Quiroz, Edelberto
Ramos Terán, Jorge Rodríguez Vitola, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez, Luis Fernando
Rodríguez, Daniel Rojano Villa, Deison Sandoval Marimon, William Enrique Sarabia
Ospino, José Calazán Sarmiento Martelo, Ronald Soto Llerena, Luis Suarez, Pedro
Suarez, Yair Tapias Valdez, Wilfredo Teherán, Jesús Alberto Terán Munzón, José
Luis Torres, Fernando Valencia, Luis Gabriel Villa and Doiler Yépez Carrillo
(opinion No. 72/2018, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
• Sabeur Lajili (opinion No. 77/2018, Tunisia) – conditional release
• Hervé Mombo Kinga (opinion No. 5/2019, Gabon)
• Zhen Jianghua (opinion No. 20/2019, China)
• Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee (opinion No. 33/2019, Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Pedro Jaimes Criollo (opinion No. 39/2019, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) –
conditional release
• Amaya Eva Coppens Zamora (opinion No. 43/2019, Nicaragua) – conditional release
in June 2019 through an amnesty law, which did not expunge the criminal records; in
November 2019, she was arrested on unrelated charges
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