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An Ohio man held a woman hostage in a ‘torture chamber’ for weeks. Now he’ll be trapped in prison for 50 years

Shane Edward Hooper used a baseball bat and metal chain as ‘instruments of torture’

The Independent UK

Refugee torture survivors still fear repression

A Chilean political refugee who was tortured by the Pinochet regime and a Bangladeshi dissident say governments harassing diasporas in Australia is common.

AAP

Kenyan police watchdog probes police link to mutilated bodies

The nine bodies with ‘visibile marks of torture’ were found in an abandoned quarry near a police station.

Al Jazeera

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Man gets 226-year prison sentences for killing 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one

A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison

The Independent UK

UAE Dissidents Sentenced To Life In Mass Trial

Controversial mass trial in the UAE sentences dissidents to life in prison, drawing criticism for due process violations and torture allegations.

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Torture, starvation, rape: Moi’s Kenya and the dark legacy of Nyayo House

The cruelties inflicted years ago at Nyayo are barely taught in schools. Now survivors want to help the nation remember

The Guardian - UK

One Samouni brother comes home in Gaza, recalls months of Israeli torture

His younger brothers are still held by Israel, while he came home exhausted and in pain after months of torture.

Al Jazeera

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Released Gaza Detainees Allege Torture By Israel Amid War

Blindfolded, beaten and sometimes bitten by dogs, Gazans released from Israeli prisons allege being tortured amid the Israel-Hamas war, which rights groups say has worsened conditions for detainees.

International Business Times

Man tortured and starved girlfriend’s children because he ‘didn’t want them to have to poop’

The children had been subject to malnourishment, restrainment with zip ties and beatings before their neglect was reported to CPS

The Independent UK

Israel’s Netanyahu slams release of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital chief

PM awaits report from Israeli intelligence as released prisoners claim they were tortured and abused in Israeli jails.

Al Jazeera

Israel frees hospital chief with prisons ‘full’ of Gaza captives

The detainees endured ‘almost daily torture’, claims al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya.

Al Jazeera

Trump mocked after claiming he was ‘tortured’ in Georgia jail booking after turning himself in voluntarily

Republican presidential candidate makes wild claim in latest fundraising email to supporters

The Independent UK

Donald Trump fundraising email claims he was "tortured" in Georgia mugshot arrest

The email was sent out to promote coffee mugs featuring Trump's mug shot

Latin Times

Trump mocked for claiming he was ‘tortured’ in Georgia mugshot arrest

Former US president made the claim in a fundraising email that advertised coffee mugs featuring his mugshot

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The Investigator review – harrowing documentary details search for justice after Balkan wars

Viktor Portel’s film follows Czech investigator Vladimír Dzuro as he returns to sites of torture and death, and meets survivors as well as supporters of perpetrators

Al Jazeera

‘Happening again’: Guantanamo victims say Israel using ‘US-style’ torture

Former prisoners who suffered in US detention facilities say Israeli abuse of Palestinians follows the same patterns.

International Business Times

Activists File Torture Complaint Against Iranian Held In France

Activists said Thursday they were filing a torture complaint against an Iranian citizen held in France who was reportedly a former senior figure in state television in the Islamic republic.

France 24

Human rights activists file torture complaint against Iranian held in France

Activists said Thursday they were filing a torture complaint against an Iranian citizen held in France who was reportedly a former senior figure in state television in the Islamic republic.

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The Independent UK

Matthieu Pavon leads US Open after ‘absolute mental torture’ for Shane Lowry

Lowry thought level par would have a great chance to win at Pinehurst.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Scottie Scheffler finds Pinehurst No. 2 to be ‘a mental torture chamber at times’

Scheffler has posted four straight over-par rounds for the first time in 120 professional starts on the PGA Tour.

The Independent UK

It’s mental torture: Shane Lowry reveals struggles after US Open third round

Lowry remained on five over par after carding a round of 70.

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Bastar activist ‘helped tribals navigate the system with Hindi’. Now she is held in 5 FIRs

It was a cold November day in 2015. Sukku Kunjam was working at his paddy field in Itavar village, nestled in the hills around Gangloor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. But hours later, he ran to the jungle, allegedly apprehending police torture, as security forces stormed the village for a search operation.…

The Independent UK

Judge orders retrial of civil case against contractor accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib

A judge has ordered a retrial over allegations that a Virginia-based military contractor contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago

Al Jazeera

Israel in Gaza, Palestinian fighters in Israel, what the UN accuses them of

Commission of Inquiry accuses Israel and Palestinian groups of war crimes. Here’s a breakdown.

The Independent UK

Woman accused of monkey torture videos granted conditional bail

Adriana Orme was granted conditional bail after her barrister asked for her to have access to a Dutch interpreter

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