Grim acts laid bare

Kurdistan The victim was hung from a clamp by his fingers. His thumbs had to be amputated. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Philippines This man died 14 days after having a nail hammered into his skull to expel evil spirits. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Northern Ireland A kneecapping - the black dots are ­pellets. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Zimbabwe A spear shot through a man’s hand. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Guinea Bissau Repeated blows caused the dark lines on this 40-year-old man's lower leg bones. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Iran The foot of a 14-year-old girl whose toes were clamped by ­revolutionary guards for wearing make-up. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Chad A man left with only two teeth in his lower jaw ­after being t­ortured with an electric t­runcheon. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

South ­Africa A needle rammed into the victim’s back. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Turkey A victim of falaka - the beating of prisoners’ feet. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel

Sierra Leone This child’s arm was burned by militias. The scars ­tightened and ­deformed the hand. Photograph: Courtesy Hermann Vogel