Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted VEN 3/2013 05/04/2013 Venezuela JAL Human rights defenders; Indigenous peoples; Summary executions; Supuesto asesinato de un líder indígena. Según la información recibida, el día 3 de marzo de 2013, el Sr. Sabino Romero Izarra, cacique de la comunidad indígena yukpa de Chaktapa, fue matado mientras viajaba en una motocicleta junto con su esposa en la carretera de El Tukuko, en la Sierra de Perijá, estado de Zulia, para participar en elecciones de autoridades indígenas yukpa. La información recibida indica que este hecho ocurrió en el contexto de conflictividad social que ha vivido el pueblo yukpa en la Sierra de Perijá como consecuencia de la reivindicación de sus tierras tradicionales. Esta situación fue objeto de previos intercambios de información entre el Relator Especial sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y el Gobierno de Venezuela (A/HRC/12/34/Add.1, párrs. 448-465 y A/HRC/15/37/Add.1, párrs. 456-461). RUS 2/2013 09/04/2013 Russian JAL Federation Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged increasing restrictions and obstacles imposed on civil society organizations and activists, especially those active in the field of human rights. According to the information received, since early March 2013, several organizations including prominent human rights organizations have been inspected. These inspections appear to be part of a broader campaign aimed at intimidating and silencing civil society organizations operating in Russia, in particular human rights NGOs. ISR 3/2013 10/04/2013 Israel JAL Independence of judges and lawyers; OPT; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged severe torture and death caused by Israeli Security Agency officers. According to the information received, on 18 February 2013, officers of the Israeli Security Forces (ISF) and the Israeli Security Agency (ISA; Shin Bet) arrested Mr. Arafat Jaradat, aged 30, at his home in the village of Sa’eer, near Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestinian territory. He was then transferred to al-Jalameh Interrogation Center in the northern West Bank before being taken to Megiddo prison inside Israel. On 21 February 2013, Mr. Jaradat was brought before the court, where he alleged having been subjected to torture during interrogation. It is reported that the judge ruled to extend his detention for a further 12 days and that, on 23 February 2013, Mr. Jaradat died in a special section of the ISA Megiddo prison. The autopsy report concluded that Mr. Jaradat’s death was caused by nervous shock resulting from severe pain, which was caused by multiple injuries inflicted through direct and extreme torture. Reply 10/07/2013 A/HRC/24/21 35