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Cairns man charged with torture, manslaughter of child

Eighteen months after a emergency crews found a 23 month old boy unresponsive in a Cairns home, a man is due in court over his death.

AAP

Scared of the Dark review: The psychological torture of being locked in a room with Chris Eubank is TV gold

Channel 4 might have stumbled on a winning formula with this Danny Dyer-led reality TV experiment

The Independent UK

Three dead women sent worrying texts before throats 'cut' in horrific beach trip murders

Denisse Reyna, 19, Yuliana Macias, 21, and Nayeli Tapia, 22 were found three days after they were reported missing with their bodies showing signs of torture.

Daily Record

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FBI arrests guardsman who applied for job on RentAHitman.com

Josiah Garcia reportedly told undercover agent he was an excellent shot and willing to torture people and cut off fingers or ears

The Guardian - US

Scared of the Dark review: The psychological torture of being locked in a room with Chris Eubank is TV gold

Channel 4 might have stumbled on a winning formula with this Danny Dyer-led reality TV experiment

The Independent UK

'Dangerous' inmate Barbie Kardashian to move prisons amid fear she could follow through on threats

A source said Kardashian, who was born Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile and changed her name by deed poll, is deemed too dangerous to mix. Kardashian was found guilty on seven counts of threatening to kill, rape, torture or cause serious harm to her mother.

Irish Mirror

Gaunt and ghostly, Georgia’s jailed ex-president nears death in hospital

Mikheil Saakashvili warned of Putin’s ambitions 15 years ago. Now he tells of torture by a regime that panders to Moscow

The Guardian - UK

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BGT's Bruno Tonioli calls show 'torture' as act leaves Simon Cowell 'embarrassed'

Britain's Got Talent's newest recruit Bruno Tonioli barely made it through his first round of auditions, after finding more than one act 'torture' to watch

Daily Mirror

David Seaman tells Javi Gracia perfect Liverpool plan amid Crystal Palace 'torture' admission

The ex-Leeds United shot-stopper has told the Spaniard what he thinks Leeds should do to beat Liverpool on Monday night.

Leeds Live

Maryland attorney general challenges Archdiocese statement on clergy abuse report, says church can release redacted abusers

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown challenged the veracity of a statement the Archdiocese of Baltimore posted on its website about a report by Brown’s office detailing decades of child sex abuse and torture by Catholic clergy in Maryland and the church’s coverup.

Tribune News Service

Lynda Spence murder cops speak of regret at not finding body as search goes on

Colin Coats, 52, and Philip Wade, 52 were later jailed for her kidnap, torture and murder but her remains have never been found.

Daily Record

Is the UK true to its word on the prevention of torture?

Rules for Britain’s intelligence services seem strict – but experts say they give too much room for manoeuvre

The Guardian - UK

UK torture policy labelled ‘fatally flawed’ after watchdog report

Investigatory powers commissioner has identified non-compliance by intelligence agencies and MoD

The Guardian - UK

Supreme Court dismisses sisters’ case of ‘mental anguish’ against Kristina Keneally

Three sisters who were suing former politician Kristina Keneally for torture have had their case thrown out.

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The Guardian - UK

‘The torture’s real. The time I did was real’: the Belfast man waterboarded by the British army

The long read: Liam Holden went to prison for 17 years on the basis of a confession he made after being tortured by British soldiers in 1972. Now the government is making it harder for people like him to get justice

The Conversation

'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

The Guardian - UK

War crimes tribunal centres on how much former Kosovan president knew

Once feted by Tony Blair and Madeleine Albright, Hashim Thaçi stands accused in The Hague of complicity in torture and murder

The Independent UK

Monkey torture videos prompt drive to include animals in Online Safety Bill

Exclusive: Ministers urged to crack down after spread of graphic cruelty clips on Facebook and other social media

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: An overdue reckoning with child sexual abuse in Baltimore archdiocese

There should probably be a warning to all those who choose to read the recently-released report by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office chronicling 80 years of child sexual abuse within Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese. From the sometimes explicit descriptions of rape, torture and molestation to the cover-ups and gross negligence demonstrated…

Daily Mirror

Audience walkouts for James Norton play depicting rape, torture and child abuse

Happy Valley star performs distressing scenes in A Little Life while lying naked on the stage – and ends up covered in blood after graphic depictions of self-harm

Daily Mirror

Pregnant woman held hostage by ex who 'slashed her stomach' in threat to perform DIY cesarean

Amy MacFarlane, 25, faked going into labour so that she could escape 30-year-old Jake Corry after he "lined up torture implements", chained her to a radiator and hit her with a hammer

The Guardian - UK

A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery

Some called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara’s novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism and not a little nudity

Tribune News Service

Report shows ‘astonishing’ depravity in sexual abuse of more than 600 in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A four-year investigation of Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese reveals the scope of 80 years of child sex abuse and torture and how church officials often covered it up and, in some cases, paved the way for further abuse.

Al Jazeera

France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity

French judges charge three senior advisers to Bashar al-Assad with complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.

France 24

Public executions and torture: ‘The Taliban have reverted to their true nature’

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…

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