A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 Prison Service is reportedly providing weaker and less effective medication than was originally prescribed. It was reported that Mr. Karajah remained in detention at the time of the communication, as the Ofer military court had adjourned hearings until 4 April 2013. He is being charged with membership of an illegal organization, apparently on the basis of his membership in student organizations that supplied technical equipment to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He is also charged with contacting an illegal organization, which refers to allegations that he had e-mail contact with a member of Hizbullah. With regard to the treatment of Mr. Karajah while in detention and during interrogation, the Special Rapporteur reminds the Government of paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 which “Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to undertake a prompt and independent investigation of the allegations of prolonged excessive interrogation practices, leading to prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators and to provide full redress to the victim. (c) JAL 10/04/2013 Case No. ISR 3/2013 State Reply: None to date Alleged torture and death of Mr. Arafat Jaradat and reported claim the cause of death was a heart attack, despite contrary autopsy reports. 82. 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 torture and death of Mr. Arafat Jaradat during his interrogation in Megiddo prison in Israel, by Israeli Security Agency (ISA) officers. According to the information received, Mr. Jaradat was arrested on suspicion of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at settler cars. During interrogation he confessed to throwing stones but denied any involvement with firebombs. According to Mr. Jaradat’s lawyer, he was suffering from severe pain in his back and appeared to be psychologically and physically weak. He was forced to sit for long hours in stress positions with his hands shackled behind his back and the judge ordered his detention extended for an additional 12 days without any medical examination of his psychological and physical conditions. It is reported that on 23 February 2013, Mr. Jaradat died in a special section of the ISA Megiddo prison, the Israeli authorities claiming that he died due to a heart attack. According to a Palestinian autopsy report, there were multiple injuries on his body and clear signs of torture of the previously healthy man, and no sign of a heart attack. The cause of death was determined in that report to be nervous shock resulting from severe pain, which was caused by multiple injuries inflicted through direct and extreme torture. Mr. Jaradat displayed severe bruising on his upper back, deep bruising along the spine, and significant bruising on both sides of the chest. The postmortem also discovered bruising on both arms and inside the mouth, blood around the nose and three fractured ribs. It is reported that, as of the date of the communication, no further investigation into the death of Mr. Jaradat and the surrounding circumstances had been launched by the government of Israel. Furthermore it is reported that over 700 Palestinian detainees have filed complaints against agents of the ISA for mistreatment during interrogation since 2003, however, no criminal investigations have been opened. In this context, the Special Rapporteur reminds the government of Israel of paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 which “Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” In addition, the Special Rapporteur reminds the government of article 2(2) of the Convention Against Torture, which provides 59