A/HRC/30/36
5.
Requests for review of opinions adopted
33.
The Working Group considered the requests made by the Governments concerned
for review of the following opinions: No. 39/2013 (Egypt) concerning Mohamed Mohamed
Morsi Eissa El-Ayyat and others; No. 15/2014 (Canada), concerning Michael Mvogo, and
No. 10/2014 (Egypt), concerning Mohamed Essayed Ali Rasslan and others.
34.
After carefully and closely examining the requests for review, the Working Group
decided to maintain its opinions, in accordance with paragraph 21 of its methods of work.
6.
Reprisal against a subject of an opinion of the Working Group
35.
The Working Group expresses its concern regarding the continued detention under
house arrest of María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, the subject of its opinion No. 20/2010
(Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), who was arrested in 2009 for ordering the conditional
release of Eligio Cedeño, the subject of the Working Group’s opinion No. 10/2009
(Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela). The Working Group considers the detention of
Ms. Afiuni as a measure of reprisal. It reiterates its calls upon the Government of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to immediately release Ms. Afiuni and to provide her
with effective and adequate reparations.
7.
Urgent appeals
36.
During the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, the Working Group
sent 136 urgent appeals to 48 Governments concerning 435 individuals. Urgent appeals
were sent to the following countries:
Bahrain (11); Burundi (1); Cambodia (2); China (11); Congo (1); Cuba (1); Cyprus
(1); Egypt (9); Eritrea (2); Ethiopia (6); Fiji (1); France (1); Gambia (1); Iran
(Islamic Republic of) (16); Iraq (1); Israel (2); Jordan (1); Kazakhstan (1); Kuwait
(1); Kyrgyzstan (1); Mexico (1); Morocco (4); Myanmar (3); Nepal (1); Niger (1);
Nigeria (1); Oman (2); Pakistan (2); Panama (1); Qatar (1); Republic of Moldova
(1); Rwanda (1); Saudi Arabia (10); Sri Lanka (1); Sudan (3); Swaziland (1); Syrian
Arab Republic (3); Tajikistan (2); Thailand (3); Tunisia (1); Turkey (1); United Arab
Emirates (4); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2); United
States of America (1); Uzbekistan (1); Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (3); Viet
Nam (5); Yemen (4).
A copy of one joint urgent appeal was sent to the United Nations Resident Coordinator in
the Republic of Moldova, and one urgent appeal was transmitted to the African Union.
37.
The full text of the urgent appeals can be consulted in the joint reports on
communications.1
38.
In conformity with paragraphs 22 to 24 of its methods of work, the Working Group,
without prejudging whether a detention was arbitrary, drew the attention of each of the
Governments concerned to the specific case as reported, and appealed to them to take the
measures necessary to ensure that the detained persons’ rights to life and to physical
integrity were respected.
39.
When an 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 measures necessary to have the
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For communications reports of the special procedures, see
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/CommunicationsreportsSP.aspx.
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