Replies received between 1 May and 31 July 2015 relating to communications sent before 1 March 2015 11. The table below lists, in chronological order, communications dating before 1 March 2015 to which a reply or an additional reply has been received in the period between 1 May and 31 July 2015. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and the reply received during the reporting period can be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the OHCHR website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. Date Type Case No Country NOR 1/2013 04/04/2013 Norway JUA Mandate(s) Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; USA 5/2014 Indigenous 20/02/2014 United States of peoples; AL America Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 30/04/2014 Alleged imminent risk of deportation of a human rights defender, who would be at risk 18/05/2015 of enforced disappearance, torture and being killed by the Pakistani security forces, if forcibly returned to Pakistan. According to the information received, Mr. Mohammad Anwar Baloch, a journalist and political activist from Balochistan province, Pakistan, applied for political asylum in Norway in 2010. After several years of legal proceedings his application was rejected. On 26 February 2013, the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board/Utlendingnemnda (UNE) issued an order to Mr. Anwar requesting him to leave Norway by 4 April 2013. Mr. Anwar is one of the founders and a senior editor of the Baloch Unity Conference (BUC), an online news blog, which is highly critical of Pakistani Government’s alleged atrocities in Balochistan province, Pakistan. Reportedly, Mr. Anwar has also been an active political and human rights campaigner. Allegedly if deported, Mr. Anwar might be one of the prime targets of Pakistani security agencies. 12/05/2015 Allegations made in follow up to the observations and recommendations made in the Special Rapporteur’s report, “The situation of indigenous peoples in the United States of America” (A/HRC/21/47/Add.1) of 30 August 2012. Subsequent to the publication of this report, the Special Rapporteur has continued to monitor the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States. The allegations received indicate that many Native American tribes and other indigenous communities still face persistent barriers to the realization of their human rights as indigenous peoples, including with respect to land and sacred places, preservation of their languages and cultural artefacts, and the welfare of their children and communities. In addition, the Special Rapporteur has received information regarding ongoing grievances with special legal and policy regimes that affect indigenous peoples in Maine, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. A/HRC/30/27 66 B.

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