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Inside Abu Ghraib prison where US tortured Iraqi detainees in horrendous war crimes

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: On March 20, 2004, the US and UK Coalition invaded Iraq on the false belief that dictator Saddam Hussein was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them on his own people

Daily Mirror

Inventor of 'the most painful torture device' in history was its first victim

The Brazen Bull, a hollowed out bronze bovine sculpture, was created in Ancient Greece in the 6th Century BC by a man called Perilaus, who gifted it to a cruel tyrant called Phalaris

Daily Mirror

Former Guantanamo prisoner: Ron DeSantis watched me being tortured

Mansoor Adayfi says the brutal force-feeding methods employed on Guantanamo prisoners like him amounted to torture. He tells Richard Hall that Ron DeSantis watched it happen

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UN-backed investigation accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

Russia’s forced transfers of Ukrainian children in areas under its control amounts to a war crime, investigators say.

Al Jazeera

Russia committed wide-ranging war crimes: UN

The UN says Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy-related infrastructure and use of torture "may amount to crimes against humanity".

The New Daily

No Jurisdiction in Federal Court Over Saudi Activist's Claims Against Alleged Hackers for UAE Government

"Plaintiff's allegations of political retaliation and torture are highly concerning. Nevertheless, this Court is bound by jurisdictional limits and grants Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction."

Reason

Brothers who spent decades in prison for 1994 murder will wait for ruling on innocence

Brothers Reginald Henderson and Sean Tyler were convicted of a 1991 murder in Back of the Yards but claim they were tortured by detectives.

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Russia has committed ‘widespread’ war crimes in Ukraine, UN-backed inquiry says

The report is based on more than 500 interviews as well as satellite images and visits to detention sites and graves

The Independent UK

Iranian protesters recount daily beatings, forced confessions and torture tactics while in detention

Zahra, 17, recalls how she sat handcuffed and blindfolded, waiting to be tortured for the ninth day in a row. Six months into the ongoing protests against the Islamic regime, this is a daily reality for many Iranians pushing to overthrow the government.

ABC News

Claim UK tipped off India on Jagtar Singh Johal case to be heard in secret court

CLAIMS that a Scottish citizen was detained and tortured after the UK intelligence service tipped off Indian authorities are to be examined in a…

The National (Scotland)

Foreign Office asks for India torture claim to be heard in secret court

British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal was detained and says he was tortured after alleged tipoff by UK intelligence

The Guardian - UK

A doctor helped his patient recall childhood torture by a cult. Their story sparked a global ‘Satanic Panic’

The publication of Michelle Remembers, a 1980 memoir co-written by a Canadian therapist and a patient who ‘recovered’ memories of torture by Satanists, sparked international mass hysteria about child abuse and devil worship. A new film looks at the impact of the book on the world – and, importantly, on…

The Independent UK

Commentary: Banning the breeding of flat-faced dogs is the kindest thing we can do for them

“Torture breeding.” That’s how many countries refer to the breeding practices that result in dogs with grotesquely flattened snouts like those of English bulldogs, French bulldogs, pugs, Pekingese, Boston terriers, boxers and Shih Tzus. “Torture breeding” is the literal translation of the German term “Qualzucht,” which means promoting traits in…

Tribune News Service

Ex-Haiti mayor accused of killing, torture faces civil trial

The former mayor of a small Haitain town accused of terrorizing his political opponents is heading to trial in federal court in Boston

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Recovered memories, a lurid memoir and global fear of the devil: The true story behind the 1980s Satanic panic

The publication of Michelle Remembers, a 1980 memoir co-written by a Canadian therapist and a patient who “recovered’ memories of torture by Satanists, sparked international mass hysteria about child abuse and devil worship. A new film looks at the impact of the book on the world – and, importantly, on…

Daily Mirror

'World's loneliest Orca' who once lived with the star of Free Willy movie dies

Kiska, an orca that lived in isolation at Marineland theme park in Canada, has sadly died. The animal was alone since 2011, which is considered torture for social creatures like orcas

France 24

Documenting the horror of mass rape in Ukraine

In Ukraine, the justice system is now documenting potential war crimes committed by Russian forces, with the hope of one day seeing the perpetrators face justice. Like in all conflicts, women are the main victims of rape committed by the Russian occupiers, although many men have also suffered genital torture.…

The Independent UK

Ex-prosecutors charged after probe of cop-slaying trial

Two former prosecutors have been charged with lying about the relationship one had with a witness in the trial of a man who alleged he was tortured when questioned about the 1982 slayings of two Chicago police officers

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Detainees with disabilities in 'spiral of hopelessness' after cancelled United Nations visit to Australia

Advocates are concerned people with disability in detention settings across Australia have been forgotten following the cancelled visit of an international torture prevention group.

The Guardian - AU

Egyptian refugee faces indefinite detention after Asio said it has ‘classified information’ showing he is security risk

Australian spy agency tells court it can’t share information with Sayed Abdellatif, who denies allegations

Chicago Sun-Times

Appeals court orders new trials for man who claimed police tortured him into confessing to murders of two children in 1991

“An injustice never ceases to be an injustice until justice prevails,” the state appellate court concluded in a 64-page ruling in the case of George Anderson.

The Conversation

Health care offered to women in prison should match community standards – and their rights

On this International Women’s Day, let’s not forget women in prison.

Newsroom.co.nz

First torture, now solitary - NZ's shame

Aaron Smale unravels the legal liability the Crown is now ensnared in after the Royal Commission into State Abuse's finding of torture at Lake Alice - how solitary confinement elsewhere is now in the gun, and the political implications.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous woman alleges she was subject to torture and inhuman treatment in ACT prison

Julianne Williams will tell court she was forcibly strip-searched despite informing guards she couldn’t breathe and was experiencing pains in her chest

Bangkok Post

Cameroon charges tycoon in reporter killing case

YAOUNDé - A prominent Cameroonian businessman was charged on Saturday with complicity in the torture of a journalist who was murdered in a high-profile case that has rocked the country, his lawyer told AFP.

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