HISTORICAL FACTS: 14 | History Defined

My petty gripe: bar stools – have we not suffered enough?

Why must every cafe, pub, restaurant or event insist on having its patrons cosplay as babies in highchairs? Bar stools are a bonafide torture device

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2025

The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain

Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decision

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2025

EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist

Viktoriia Roshchyna died aged 27 after a year in extrajudicial detention at a jail notorious for torture

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

Venezuelan Deportees Were Routinely Tortured in El Salvador's CECOT Prison, Human Rights Watchdog Says

Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador in March and April 2025 were subjected to torture, sexual violence, and other mistreatment inside the country's high-security CECOT prison, according to a new report.

Latin Times · Nov 12, 2025

First Thing: Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds

More than 250 Venezuelans detained in Cecot prison report violations. Plus, supply boom in cheaper renewables will make decline of fossil fuels ‘inevitable’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Wife and son of ex-Gabon ruler sentenced to 20 years in prison over 'corruption' case

Noureddin Bongo and his mother Sylvia say they have been convicted in a ‘show trial’ after being tortured in detention in Gabon

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds

Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2025

Exiled Syrian opens up about death-defying smuggling operation that showed proof of Assad's cruelty

It’s been more than a decade since tens of thousands of photos started appearing online showing the broken bodies and torture sites under President Bashar Assad’s rule in Syria

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025

After brutal torture and 2.5 years of captivity, Israeli-Russian researcher is grateful to survive

Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released after being kidnapped and tortured by an Iraqi militia for more than two years

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025

It's not planks or sit-ups — the starburst plank is torture on your abs, obliques and shoulders (so I tried it, and here's my verdict)

The starburst side plank variation strengthens the shoulders, abs and obliques. Here's why we love it at Tom's Guide.

Tom’s Guide · Nov 10, 2025