A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 Israel (a) UA 20/02/2013 Case No. ISR 1/2013 State reply: None to date Alleged extradition of Yitzchak Shuchat from Israel to the United States of America and the imminent risk of prolonged solitary confinement amounting to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 80. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Israel has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged imminent extradition of Yitzchak Shuchat from Israel to the United States of America for allegedly committing a hate crime in New York City, New York. Reportedly, upon extradition he would be placed in prolonged solitary confinement on grounds that his safety would be at risk in the general population. In this context, the Special Rapporteur would like to remind Israel that it has the obligation to protect the right to physical and mental integrity of all persons, set forth inter alia in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Special Rapporteur would like to reiterate paragraph 6 of General Comment No. 20 of the Human Rights Committee that prolonged solitary confinement of the detained or imprisoned person may amount to acts prohibited by article 7 [on the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment] of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted at the 44th session of the Human Rights Committee, 1992). The Special Rapporteur additionally reiterates the absolute nature of article 3 of the Convention against Torture, which provides that no State party shall expel, return (refouler), or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture. The Special Rapporteur requests the Government to reconsider extraditing Yitzchak Shuchat to the United States of America for his alleged hate crime committed in New York City or seek from the United States assurances that measures to protect him in custody will not amount to prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement. (b) JUA 27/03/2013 Case No. ISR 4/2013 State Reply: None to date Alleged interrogation for excessively long sessions of human rights defender Mr. Hassan Karajah for support of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. 81. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the government of Israel has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged arrest and detention of human rights defender Mr. Hassan Karajah, the Youth Coordinator at the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop The Wall). According to the information received, Mr. Karajah was arrested in the early hours of 23 January 2013 during a raid at his family home in Saffa, on the West Bank, by around 20 Israeli soldiers. Mr. Karajah was then led outside and interrogated, after which he was blindfolded, handcuffed and taken to Moskobiyyeh interrogation facility in Jerusalem. It is alleged that Mr. Karajah‟s family was not informed of any formal charges against him, provided with an explanation, or informed where he was being taken. Allegedly, he was moved to Jalameh prison on 24 January, where his detention was extended by 12 days. While in detention Mr. Karajah was interrogated in excessively long sessions, lasting up to 14 hours at a time, while tied to a chair. Furthermore, it is alleged that after his lawyer lodged an appeal, Mr. Karajah was interrogated at very early hours of the morning on several occasions and informed by an interrogator that this was a punishment for filing the appeal. Mr. Karajah was reportedly denied access to a lawyer during the first twenty days of his detention. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Karajah was not permitted to take his medication for an inflammation and a back injury as the result of an accident that requires continuous medical attention. The Israeli 58