SHOCKING: 54 - What They Never Told You

UN torture prevention body cancels Australia trip after refused access to detention, mental health centres

Australia has now joined Rwanda as the only other country to have inspections terminated by the United Nations, after the international body was denied full access to detention and mental health in-patient wards in New South Wales and Queensland.

ABC News · Feb 20, 2023

Commit to end torture

Tomorrow should have been a historic day for human rights in Thailand. It should have been a time for human rights advocates and the public to celebrate because the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act -- a crucial piece of legislation which took 14 years to pass…

Bangkok Post · Feb 20, 2023

Klopp relives final ‘torture’ before Liverpool’s rematch with Real Madrid

Jürgen Klopp has said it was ‘torture’ to watch Liverpool’s Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid last year before the sides lock horns again in the last-16

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Qld man jailed for brutal, prolonged torture of partner

A Queensland man has been jailed after torturing his partner, assaulting her every couple of days including pouring boiling water over her.

AAP · Feb 17, 2023

Brisbane man Geordan Mercer, who brutally tortured partner, jailed for seven years

A Brisbane court heard Geordan Mercer launched a series of attacks on his partner after learning she was working as an escort.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2023

Taking over the Sri Lankan presidential palace was a high point for Wasantha. Then came six months of horror

This 29-year-old spearheaded a protest movement that toppled Sri Lanka's government. But after his triumphant moment, Wasantha was taken into a feared detention system where prisoners have been tortured and killed.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

Australian ex-soldier alleges ‘sexual violence’ inflicted on him during secretive course

Damien De Pyle said he was forced to commit humiliating acts while suffering sleep deprivation during torture resistance training, court documents show

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2023

“What do we do to thieves?”: Dealers battered and kidnapped drug user while filming 'degrading' two-hour ordeal

“You son of a b***h. You going to rob me? I’m going to torture you”

Manchester Evening News · Feb 14, 2023

Government bid to gag parts of case related to torture survival course criticised by lawyers

Basic documents in case brought by defence whistleblower Damien De Pyle against commonwealth temporarily suppressed

The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2023

Lawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching

Researchers last year found an unserved search warrant on an accuser connected to the Chicago teen’s torture and death. Till’s cousin wants the warrant served on Carolyn Bryant.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 12, 2023