Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply TZA 2/2013 Indigenous 08/05/2013 United Republic peoples; AL of Tanzania Allegations concerning indigenous Maasai pastoralists in the Loliondo Game Controlled Area. According to the information received, on 26 March 2013, the Minister of Environment and Tourism announced plans to declare a corridor of 1500 square km in the Loliondo area a “game controlled area” in accordance with the Wildlife Management Act of 2009. The Government of Tanzania asserted that the declaration is an effort to address ongoing land conflicts in the Loliondo area. However, concern is expressed that the reasoning behind it may aim at reserving that area exclusively for hunting, thereby reducing significantly the space available to the Maasai for grazing their livestock and potentially ultimately leading to their eviction from village lands. The letter follows up on related issues raised by the Special Rapporteur in previous communications (see A/HRC/15/37/Add.1, para 421). USA 4/2013 Torture; 08/05/2013 United States of AL America Alleged practices of solitary confinement and inhuman or degrading conditions in detention. According to the information received, between 400 and 500 inmates at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (“ADX”) in Florence, Colorado, have been held in prolonged solitary confinement, sometimes for several years, and denied adequate medical treatment. It is alleged that these practices cause severe physical and mental pain and suffering, which may rise to the level of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. BHR 2/2013 10/05/2013 Bahrain JUA 05/06/2013 Alleged arbitrary detention and torture of a human rights defender as well as denial of legal representation. According to the information received, Mr. Naji Fateel, board member of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights and active blogger on human rights issues, was arrested on 2 May 2013 at his home in Bani Jamra. He was then taken to the Criminal Investigation building and allegedly tortured. The resulting injuries are reported to have been of such severity that he had to be hospitalised twice after losing consciousness. Allegedly, when he was taken to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, he refused to be interrogated without a lawyer present, which allegedly led to further and more severe beatings upon his return to the Criminal Investigation building. On the evening of 4 May, he was first allowed to make a call, before being transferred to Dry Dock prison on the next morning. Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; A/HRC/24/21 51