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California governor vetoes limits on solitary confinement

Bill vetoed by Gavin Newsom would have imposed variety of limits on a practice UN expert says can be a…

Al Jazeera

Brit dies in Qatar after telling friends he'd been held and tortured by secret police

Marc Bennett, 52, had been employed by Discover Qatar, part of state-owned Qatar Airways, to promote the country ahead of…

Daily Mirror

Marc Bennett: Travel executive’s widow details husband’s ‘torture’ in Qatar before his death

Nancy Bennett says her husband endured ‘mental and physical torture’ during a three-week detention before he died

Evening Standard

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Anti-torture organisation says extrajudicial killings in Libya are endemic

A report released by the World Organisation Against Torture says that extrajudicial murder and torture have become widespread in Libya,…

Radio France Internationale

Sick abuser tried to Facetime partner's dad to make him watch as he tortured her

Lewis Dunn put out cigarettes on his victim, stabbed her and threatened to slice off her toes in the horror…

Daily Record

Editorial: Solitary confinement is torture. Gov. Newsom can limit it in California

Extended solitary confinement in California prisons was supposed to have ended, for all practical purposes, after a 2015 legal settlement…

Los Angeles Times

Ex-junta leader Camara jailed on eve of Guinea stadium massacre trial

In tonight’s edition: the ex-leader of Guinea’s military junta is jailed on the eve of his trial. He and 10…

France 24

Thug tried to Facetime girlfriend's dad to make him watch as he tortured her

The nightmare ordeal began after Dunn threatened to stab his girlfriend's mum

Liverpool Echo

Rats in Top Valley home have been 'torture' for Nottingham mum

"I couldn't stay in my property, the smell was disgusting"

Nottingham Post

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UN says Russia abuses prisoners in Ukraine

Russian forces and their armed affiliates have subjected Ukrainian prisoners to extrajudicial executions, sexual violence and other abuses, the U.N.…

Reuters

Suspected mental torture: CPO attempts suicide at Vadakara police station

Timely intervention by colleagues saves his life

The Hindu

Killer attacked in revenge for 'Snapchat torture' of man left for dead outside hospital

Declan Davidson set about Ben McCulloch after it is believed he watched him carry out a sadistic attack on his…

Glasgow Live

Locked Up: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week

These are the people put behind bars in our region during the last seven days

Manchester Evening News

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Morning Mail: ex-soldier exposes traumatic torture survival course, Italy votes, voice campaign begins

Monday: a former soldier has filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission with disturbing allegations. Plus: the top…

The Guardian - AU

Australian soldier alleges torture survival course involved simulated child rape and left him with PTSD

The defence force’s alleged handling of the training course prompted a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission

The Guardian - AU

Brit captured by Russians beaten, stabbed and forced to listen to Soviet music all day

Aiden Aslin was one of five Brits recently released from captivity by Russian-backed forces and he has revealed the horrific…

Daily Mirror

Sri Lankan captives tell of torture at hands of Russian forces

A group of Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that they were beaten…

Irish Independent

Torture signs, mutilation on bodies at Izium burial site found, says Ukraine

Kharkiv region military administration's head Oleh Syniehubov said that most of the bodies showed signs of a violent death which…

Livemint

US President Joe Biden says US will never recognise annexation as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes

US President Joe Biden says Russian referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine are a sham, as UN…

ABC News

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Ukraine war – live: Nato to step up support for Kyiv after Russian ‘sham’ referendums

Moscow to ‘use sham votes to further escalate war’, warns Jens Stoltenberg

The Independent UK

Ukraine finds evidence of torture on bodies exhumed from Izyum burial site

Ukraine says three more grave sites have been located in areas retaken by Ukrainian forces.

The Independent UK

Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, say UN investigators

Investigating teams reported evidence of executions, torture and sexual violence in civilian areas

The Guardian - UK

Moment mum who faked her own kidnapping to hide at ex's house is confronted by police

Sherri Papini vanished for 20 days back in 2016 before mysteriously reappearing, claiming to have been kidnapped and tortured -…

Daily Mirror

A year after border crisis, Haitian asylum seekers face discriminatory treatment, report says

Haitians crossing the southern border of the United States without proper documentation are being subjected to arbitrary detention and discriminatory…

Miami Herald

Many POWs freed by Russia had suffered torture - senior Ukraine official

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence said on Thursday the percentage of released Ukrainian prisoners of war who had suffered…

Reuters