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Chhattisgarh villager, accused of theft, found dead as family alleges custodial torture

Row sparked in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district after 42-year-old villager found hanging; note recovered alleging custodial torture and extortion by police after being falsely implicated in theft case. Family corroborates allegations

The Hindu

Two accused of trans teen Brianna Ghey's murder pre-occupied with death, jury told

Trans 16-year-old Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times, Manchester Crown Court heard

Evening Standard

Two accused of transgender teenager’s murder pre-occupied with death, jury told

Trans teenager Brianna Ghey, 16, was stabbed 28 times, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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Rapist and torturer cries 'no one will help me' in jail

A man who received seven life sentences for raping and torturing a woman for three weeks has claimed he was "forced" into pleading guilty to some offences.

AAP

"8 din ka massive torture": Bhumi Pednekar updates about her health condition

Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar has shared a selfie from the hospital. Bhumi has just recovered from dengue.

The Times of India

Teens spared jail for filming videos of manslaughter

Two teenage girls joined in the torture and assaults that led to a man falling to his death while trying to escape and later posted the footage on social media.

AAP

Ronnie O'Sullivan, the Edge of Everything review: Gripping yet worrying glimpse inside a tortured mind

A new documentary follows snooker's greatest-ever player during the 2022 season

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Man attempts to murder his wife in police station in Hassan

The couple has been married for six years. Shilpa had complained to the Women Police Station of torture by her husband. The police had called him for questioning.

The Hindu

Woman jailed over kidnapping and torture in shed of horrors

McAuley detained the woman over a minor car crash involving her child.

Newcastle Herald

The top UN court has ordered Syria to do all it can to prevent torture

The United Nations’ top court has ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture

The Independent UK

Chicago city lawyers want a federal judge to recuse himself from hearing a police torture suit linked to Jon Burge

Former civil rights lawyer Jeffrey Cummings, appointed a federal judge this year, once signed off on reports condemning an investigation into accusations of torture by Burge and his so-called “midnight crew.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Custodial torture | Tamil Nadu accords sanction to prosecute IPS officer

Tamil Nadu govt. sanctions prosecution of IPS officer Balveer Singh for alleged custodial torture in Ambasamudram sub-division. CB-CID completed investigation into four cases. Evidence incl. medical & forensic reports, CCTV footage, & witnesses. CM ordered suspension of officer.

The Hindu

‘We are powerless’: Indian villagers live in fear of torture in fight against bauxite mine

Adivasis in Banteji say they also face arrests, violence and harassment by police and company officials

The Guardian - UK

Custodial torture, surveillance: How Telangana cops breached rights for ‘law and order’

Telangana was ranked third among 18 states in the India Justice Report 2022, which analyses data on police, prison, judiciary and legal aid. It also had the “best policing score” as per the report. But the policing system in the state has been widely criticised for use of custodial torture…

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Prison Officers Used A Spit Hood On An Aboriginal Teenager In Act Of ‘Psychological Torture’

Spit hoods pose significant risks of injury and death.

The Guardian - UK

Uyghur film-maker claims he was tortured by authorities in China

Ikram Nurmehmet, a director known for his Uyghur protagonists, is facing charges related to ‘separatism’ and ‘terrorism’

The Conversation

Three images that show wartime photographs can have greater impact than the written word

This article contains images that some may finding distressing, including of torture.

The Independent UK

Gunman who killed Ashley Dale tells court he has had year of ‘torture’

Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol in Old Swan, Liverpool, at about 12.30am on August 21 last year.

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‘Dehumanising’: Aboriginal teen subjected to spit hood at Victorian prison

Exclusive: Now 18-year-old, who remains in detention, says the treatment was ‘like psychological torture’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Britain is no liberal democracy if it bans the march for Palestine on Armistice Day

Here is the difference: in March 2019, as peaceful protesters in Gaza took to the streets to demonstrate against deteriorating economic conditions, Hamas responded with vicious beatings, arbitrary arrests and torture. This is how the Islamist regime routinely deals with dissidence.

The Guardian - UK

Senior lawyers criticise handling of case of Sikh activist held in India

Peers express fears that Jagtar Singh Johal will not receive ‘due process’ in India amid torture claims

The Independent UK

Afghan commando who served with British tortured by Taliban for 13 days after being abandoned by UK

Rejected the help he was promised by the UK, Rahmatullah describes how he was kidnapped, subjected to water torture and beaten for 13 days by the Taliban

The Independent UK

Murdered, tortured or in hiding from the Taliban: The special forces abandoned by Britain

A major joint investigation has uncovered shocking evidence that Afghan soldiers who were trained, paid and worked ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with UK forces have been denied relocation to Britain and left to face torture and death

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military’s human rights abuses a ‘system exercised from the top’

New research linking alleged violations to soldiers and commanders suggests actions are institutionalised.

The Independent UK

Sentencing postponed for Mississippi police officers who tortured 2 Black men

A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Black men in January

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