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19.
The Working Group expresses its gratitude to those Governments that undertook
positive actions and released detainees that were subjects of its opinions. However, it also
expresses regret that some Member States have not fully cooperated in enforcing the
opinions.
6.
Requests for review of opinions adopted
20.
The Working Group considered requests for review of the following opinions:
(a)
Opinion No. 10/2014 (Egypt), concerning Mohamed Essayed Ali Rasslan,
Mohamed Mohamed Abdo Abdullah, Ahmed Hussein Ali, Ahmed Mohamed Tohamy,
Motaz Ahmed Motwali, Mohamed Mohamed Abduh, Assayed Mohamed Ezzat Ahmed,
Assayed Saber Ahmed Suleiman, Ahmed Hassan Fawaz Atta, Mohamed Abdel Hamid
Abdel Fattah Abdel Hamid, Sayyed Ali Abdel Zaher and Mahmoud Abdel Fattah Abbas;
(b)
Opinion No. 15/2014 (Canada), concerning Michael Mvogo;
(c)
Opinion No. 4/2015 (Senegal), concerning Karim Wade;
(d)
Opinion No. 5/2015 (Syrian Arab Republic), concerning Bassel Khartabil;
(e)
Opinion No. 24/2015 (Philippines), concerning Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo;
(f)
Opinion No. 33/2015 (Maldives), concerning Mohamed Nasheed.
21.
After carefully and closely examining the requests for review, the Working Group
decided to maintain its opinions on the basis that none of the requests met criteria outlined
in paragraph 21 of its methods of work.
7.
Reprisal against a subject of an opinion of the Working Group
22.
The Working Group remains concerned regarding the continued detention under
house arrest of María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, the subject of opinion No. 20/2010, who was
arrested in 2009 for ordering the conditional release of Eligio Cedeño, the subject of the
Working Group’s opinion No. 10/2009. The Working Group considers the detention of Ms.
Afiuni as a measure of reprisal. It is also concerned at claims that Ms. Afiuni was subjected
to ill-treatment and sexual assault during her detention and that those claims were not
promptly investigated. It reiterates its calls to the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela to immediately release Ms. Afiuni and to provide her with effective and
adequate reparations.
8.
Urgent appeals
23.
During the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015, the Working Group
sent 83 urgent appeals to 42 Governments concerning 241 individuals. The list of countries
concerned and the number of urgent appeals transmitted to each is as follows:
Angola
1
Azerbaijan
2
Bahrain
5
Bangladesh
1
Burundi
2
Cambodia
1
China
4
Cuba
2
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