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 The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025
At least 10 kids were trafficked to an underground sex and abuse bunker. None of the eight suspects were on cops’ radar An investigation was launched in February, when authorities were called to the bunker and found two of the victims performing sexual acts on each other. Andrea Cavallier details what we know about the case that local police described as the ‘most horrible thing’ The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025
Nicola Sturgeon: Police investigation ‘was like mental torture’ The former first minister has opened up about her arrest in a new book, Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2025
Nicola Sturgeon says police investigation into her ‘was like mental torture’ The former first minister has opened up about her arrest in a new book The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025
ICC Unseals Libya War Crimes Warrant For Militia Officer 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. International Business Times · Aug 8, 2025
'Utterly brutal': man's multiple life term appeal fails A man who argued he should be given credit for calling an ambulance after subjecting a woman to weeks of torture will continue to serve multiple life sentences. AAP · Aug 8, 2025
Kyiv opens war crime inquiry into head of notorious Russian prison Officials under Aleksandr Shtoda alleged to systematically torture and starve detainees at Sizo 2 in Taganrog The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025
Two teenagers detained over ‘sadistic’ torture and killing of two kittens in London Boy and girl, both 17, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the protected animals The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025
Teenager, 17, detained for ‘sadistic’ torture and killing of two kittens The teenager was handed a 12-month detention and training order The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025
'Tragic death': two more nabbed in kidnap, murder case Police believe they have identified all the suspects involved in the alleged kidnapping and torture of a trio after charging two people with murder. AAP · Aug 4, 2025
The Kia EV4 Ran For 6,200 Miles At The Nurburgring. Its Battery Wouldn't Die Kia torture tested the EV4 with a combination of fast charging and outright battery abuse at the Nurburgring. It was unsuccessful. InsideEVs · Aug 1, 2025
Gaza detainees 'tortured and raped' by Israeli forces, United Nations hears THE United Nations has heard testimonies about the “disturbing” escalation in the scale and severity of violence committed by Israeli… The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2025
Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025
My Worst Enemy review – Iranian exile recreates torture and interrogation in study of regime power Mehran Tamadon’s film about autocracy in Iran could have revealed more about methods of control, despite a star turn from Zar Amir Ebrahimi The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025 PETA sues Maine Lobster Festival saying the steaming of 16,000 live crustaceans is torture PETA is asking the court to stop the annual festival.
The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2025 Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say Venezuelans back home under Maduro-Trump deal tell of isolation, beatings and dirty water – ‘a living nightmare’
Latin Times · Jul 24, 2025 New York Mom Caught Attempting to Dump Bloody Clothes After Son's Girlfriend Found Tortured to Death in Stairwell: Report Police are searching for the boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman who was found with severe injuries that were allegedly the result of being tortured with a hammer.
Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025 Pregnant British teenager appears in court in Georgia on drug smuggling charges Bella Culley claims she was tortured in Thailand and forced to bring the drugs into Georgia when she flew into the country in May.
International Business Times · Jul 24, 2025 UN Says Taliban Committing 'Rights Violations' Against Afghan Returnees The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025 UN agency calls for global pause on deportations back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan Exclusive: Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone
Latin Times · Jul 22, 2025 Venezuelan Deportees Detail Ordeal in El Salvador's Infamous Prison: 'I Was Sexually Abused by the Salvadoran Authorities' Several Venezuelan migrants repatriated as part of a recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela have accused Salvadoran authorities of torture, sexual abuse, and other mistreatment
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025 They were freed from a ‘torture prison’ in El Salvador. This is their life now IN FOCUS: Trump deported dozens of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran jail under the Alien Enemies Act. They were set free five months later — and could fight for their return to the United States, Alex Woodward reports
Latin Times · Jul 22, 2025 ICE Rejects Deporting 82-Year-Old Torture Survivor In Pennsylvania, Calls Family Claim a 'Hoax' ICE rejected deporting an 82-year-old torture survivor to Guatemala, calling the family's claim a "hoax"
Al Jazeera · Jul 22, 2025 Venezuela to probe El Salvador’s Bukele for ‘torture’ of US deportees Deported migrants say they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food inside a notorious El Salvador prison.
International Business Times · Jul 21, 2025 Venezuela Says Migrants Were Tortured In Salvadoran Prison Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food.