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George W Bush’s impunity led to Trump’s lawlessness

The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence

The Guardian - US

How the War on Terror Turned 9/11 Into a Permanently Open Wound

The government ensured that there would be no end to the public's fears—and no real justice for bin Laden's victims.

Reason

London family's nine-year nightmare after businessman 'abducted and tortured' in Saudi Arabia

Mother-of-three Mira Lozi breaks her silence after nine years to campaign for the return of her husband Rami Nami

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Model Twisha Sharma's Family Claim Dowry Torture and Forced Abortion Led to Her Suicide at Age 33

The death of model Twisha Sharma has spotlighted dowry abuse in India, with her husband and mother-in-law charged with dowry death and cruelty.

International Business Times UK

He Testified Against the Cartels. ICE Deported Him to the Cartels Anyway. Now Judge Ordered Him Back — REPORT

A Maryland judge ordered ICE to bring back a cartel witness deported three times despite his standing torture protection.

Latin Times

Inside Venezuela's El Helicoide Prison: How Dissident Jesús Armas Endured Torture and Outlasted Maduro

For helping prove that Maduro lost the 2024 election, Jesús Armas spent more than a year in Venezuela’s most-feared prison. He’s lucky it wasn’t more.

Reason

Military judge finally sets new date for trial of men accused of plotting 9/11 after previous attempts were cancelled

Some of the evidence is inadmissible because of torture.

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Pakistan: Three missing men found dead with alleged torture marks in Balochistan

Three bodies recovered in Balochistan's Usta Muhammad have reportedly been identified as men who had earlier gone missing, with local sources alleging that they were forcibly disappeared after being detained by Pakistani security forces.

The Times of India

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Finally Faces Trial After Years of Delays Over Claims He Was Tortured in Guantanamo

A US military judge has set June 2028 for the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, after years of legal battles over Guantanamo detention and alleged torture.

International Business Times UK

ICE Deports Former Venezuelan Guard Commander Rafael Quero Silva After Judge Finds Torture Allegations and other Human Rights Violations

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported former Venezuelan National Guard commander Rafael José Quero Silva to Venezuela on Aug. 19, removing a man accused by Venezuelan plaintiffs of overseeing the torture of anti-government demonstrators during the early years of Nicolás Maduro's rule.

Latin Times

The Best Gag In Anthony Bourdain's Tony Film Was 'Kind Of Like Prison Torture' For Dominic Sessa

And that's a perfect way to describe it.

Cinemablend

Lawmakers Expose Israeli Torture of Sick Twenty-Year-Old American Student Detained Without Trial

US lawmakers demand Israel free sick US student Sama Safi amid torture claims, legal concerns and warnings over her health.

International Business Times UK

Prince Harry Leaves African Parks Board After Charity Admits Human Rights Abuses, Including Torture Claims

Prince Harry has stepped down from the African Parks board after a decade with the conservation organisation, which acknowledged human rights abuses following an independent investigation into allegations involving Indigenous Baka people in the Republic of the Congo.

International Business Times UK

'Target for a Hideous Death': US Reportedly Deported Cartel Informant Who Aided Prosecutions

A Mexican national who assisted US prosecutors was deported despite an earlier finding that he would likely face torture in Mexico. A federal judge has now ordered the government to facilitate his return amid a due process challenge.

International Business Times UK

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The Guardian - US

ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture

Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices

The Canberra Times

'This will torture me beyond the grave': daughter faces mother's killers

Irma Palasics was killed about 27 years ago.

Latin Times

A Miami Court Orders Maduro's Inner Circle to Pay $314 Million

A Miami judge ordered Maduro and Alex Saab to pay $314M to three Americans tortured in Venezuela — but collecting may be another fight entirely.

International Business Times UK

Daughter of Murderer Who Tortured Teen Babysitter Reveals She Was Forced To Visit Her Mother in Prison

Kelly Higgins, daughter of a convicted murderer, shares her traumatic childhood experiences and campaigns for legal reforms to protect children from abusive parents retaining parental responsibility.

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Tom’s Hardware

MicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three years — cards tested to failure reveal SanDisk as the outlier with 6 failures of the 7 tested

Matt Cole has been running hundreds of microSD cards through their paces, running them through thousands of cycles until they fail. The results are quite surprising, with both the winners and losers coming from some of the most unexpected brands.

The Guardian - UK

Death and alleged torture of man in detention sparks protests in Syria

Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viral

France 24

Syria sentences to death detained cousin of ousted president Assad

Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday.

The Economic Times

Twisha Sharma death: AIIMS medical board confirms suicide in court-ordered second postmortem

A medical board confirmed Twisha Sharma died by suicide after a court-ordered second postmortem. The CBI filed a chargesheet against her husband and mother-in-law for alleged torture. The forensic opinion stated death resulted from ante-mortem hanging, which was suicidal in manner. No injuries suggesting assault or struggle were found on…

Tom’s Guide

OLED TVs still have a burn-in problem — but only if you do something really dumb with them

A new torture test proves that burn-in is still an issue on new OLED TVs… but only if you watch thousands of hours of the same channel for over a year straight.

The Independent UK

A detainee’s death revives Syria’s memories of torture and abuse in prisons

The death of a young man with hemophilia days after his arrest has sparked outrage in Syria

The Guardian - UK

Finland halts deportation of Russian family who ‘risked everything’ to oppose Ukraine invasion

Mother and son Olga and Nikita Belov say they were facing jail and potential torture after asylum case was rejected

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