Trump DOJ official’s vulgar courthouse threat just got exposed, and the $5 million deal behind it is even worse Trump paid El Salvador to torture migrants with zero legal help. We Got This Covered · Sep 9, 2025
ICC opens war crimes hearing against Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony Kony faces charges for the Lord’s Resistance Army campaign of torture and abuse in Uganda in the early 2000s. Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2025
Appeals court hears from US military contractor ordered to pay $42M to former Abu Ghraib detainees An appeals court is set to hear oral arguments from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025
Where God Is Not review – victims of torture by the Iranian secret police re-enact their abuse Empowering for some, deeply traumatic for others, the former detainees in Mehran Tamadon’s documentary paint a harrowing picture of systematic maltreatment The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
Ukrainian children forced into weapons training and tortured by Russia A new report has found 55% were subjected to pro-Russian indoctrination and 10% subjected to torture and cruel treatment The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2025
UN decries crimes including gang rape, murder, torture in Congo conflict over last year The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, killings of civilians and other “horrific” atrocities in eastern Congo this year The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025
Russia plans to withdraw from Europe's anti-torture treaty Moscow's decision will likely be seen as inconsequential given growing condemnation of widespread human rights abuses committed in Ukraine. Euronews · Aug 27, 2025
Keir Starmer refuses to condemn Nigel Farage's mass deportation speech Keir Starmer has refused to criticise Nigel Farage’s speech where he outlined his plans to deport 600,000 asylum seekers which he called a… The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2025
Man Who Hasn’t Slept In 2 Years Is Begging Experts To Solve His Medical Mystery: “My Eyes Are Melting” “I can't take this torture much longer,” said Oliver Alvis, a train driver who claims he last slept in December 2023. Bored Panda · Aug 26, 2025
‘Hope always endured’: Ukrainian women released from Russian prison speak out Large-scale prisoner exchanges have been the only tangible result of three rounds of talks between Russia and Ukraine, between May and July – with the most recent taking place on Sunday. Three civilian women from the Donetsk region who were released on 14 August testified to the torture they endured… Radio France Internationale · Aug 25, 2025
Indian police arrest man accused of burning wife alive over dowry demands Victim’s family claims the two sisters were tortured over dowry since their marriage in 2016 The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025
Mary-Louise Parker Talked To Me About Playing Her First Major Villain In Stephen King's 'The Institute,' And Her Thoughts On Ms. Sigsby’s Book-Changing Ending You just can't keep a good child-torturer down. Cinemablend · Aug 24, 2025
U.S. Calls Citizens And Residents To Not Travel Or Stay In Venezuela: 'Grave Risks Of Illegal Detention, Torture, Terrorism, Kidnapping' The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela called on American citizens or residents to not travel or stay in the South American country as troops move near its coast Latin Times · Aug 21, 2025
Bored Panda · Aug 20, 2025 Austin Butler Flaunts “Peak Male Body” After He Stopped Torturing Himself For Film Roles Austin Butler believed he had to be “tortured” to give a good performance for the camera. But now, he’s paying better attention to his health and eating habits.
Latin Times · Aug 15, 2025 Attorneys Escalate Criticism Of Harsh Conditions In 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'Bordering On Torture' Attorneys representing migrants detained at "Alligator Alcatraz" are escalating their criticism of conditions endured there, with one saying it is "bordering on torture"
We Got This Covered · Aug 13, 2025 ‘Miserable’ Bryan Kohberger can’t do anything but ‘complain’ as inmates conspired to torture him in prison The inmates "were waiting for him."
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025 Myanmar junta arrests children as young as two and uses ‘systematic torture’, says UN Investigation finds incidents of war crimes and crimes against humanity have escalated since 2021 coup
Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2025 UN probe finds evidence of ‘systematic torture’ in Myanmar Investigators name senior figures among those responsible for alleged abuses at detention facilities.
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts
Newslaundry · Aug 12, 2025 India is historical, Bharat is mythical: Aatish Taseer My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025 Mass detention of refugees will exacerbate the suffering of torture survivors Letter: Sonya Sceats says that the ‘one in, one out’ scheme will reopen deep psychological scars in many of those detained
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10, 2025 Witch trials offer lens on how leaders whip up public panic Why does Scotland have one of the most horrific witch hunt records in Europe – especially when the number of people accused, tortured, tried and…
Radio France Internationale · Aug 9, 2025 ICC unseals Libya war crimes warrant for militia officer Saif Suleiman Sneidel The International Criminal Court on Friday unsealed an arrest warrant for a Libyan militia member accused of war crimes including murder and torture between 2016 and 2017.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025 Nicola Sturgeon says facing criminal inquiry was like ‘mental torture’ Ex-Scottish first minister describes despair at police raid over her husband’s alleged misuse of party finances in upcoming memoir