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UN anti-torture watchdog urges Australia to reduce ‘extraordinary’ number of prisoners on remand

Report also calls for spit hoods to be banned and strip searches to be limited after UN visit last year

The Guardian - AU

Kills lists, Sweeney Todd and the dark web: how torture-obsessed teens plotted Brianna Ghey’s murder

Girl who called herself a Satanist began to fantasise about killing people from as young as age 14, Tara Cobham writes

The Independent UK

Two teenagers found guilty of transgender schoolgirl Brianna Ghey's murder

The killers had a fascination for violence, torture and murder and had planned the killing for weeks

Evening Standard

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UK's Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Guantanamo Detainee

Britain's top court ruled Wednesday that a Guantanamo detainee waterboarded by the CIA can use English law in his claim against the UK government over alleged complicity in the torture.

International Business Times

Guantánamo prisoner can sue UK government, supreme court rules

Palestinian national claims British intelligence services asked CIA to put questions to him while he was being tortured in ‘black sites’

The Guardian - UK

After 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains

The world’s first conference on the abolition of torture drew more than 300 delegates representing over 70 countries and international organizations. It opened with the news that the United Nations General Assembly had passed a resolution condemning torture, along with a personal message from the U.N. secretary general.

The Conversation

Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says

A human rights activist imprisoned for three years in Belarus accused authorities of holding political prisoners in conditions amounting to “torture.”

The Independent UK

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Suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police and 13 others granted bail in Ambasamudram custodial torture case

Trial court grants bail to suspended ASP Balveer Singh & 13 others accused of removing teeth of 4 persons after arrest in different cases.

The Hindu

Officials visit rescued 5-year-old at child care home in Vijayawada

SCPCR & CWC Chairpersons visit Gannavaram child care home, rescue 5-year-old allegedly tortured by father.

The Hindu

Kosovo Court Upholds Conviction Of Rebel Commander, Reduces Jail Time

The special Kosovo court in The Hague on Thursday quashed an appeal by a former rebel commander convicted for torture and murder in the tribunal's "landmark" first conviction, but reduced his sentence by four years.

International Business Times

Man jailed for a year for filming himself torturing guinea pig

Samuel Webster, 20, of Farmington, Utah, pleaded guilty to animal torture via crushing and posting them online in October 2021

The Independent UK

‘Like we were lesser humans’: Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

Rounded up by Israeli forces in Gaza City, Palestinians describe being stripped, blindfolded, numbered and tortured

Al Jazeera

Cases of human trafficking victims being forced to commit cybercrimes on the rise

Interpol op. unearths fraud schemes fueled by human trafficking, resulting in 281 arrests, 149 victims rescued, 360 investigations opened. Operation Storm Makers II uncovered fake investments, work-from-home offers, lottery and online gambling scams. Victims subjected to torture, sexual violence & forced labor. Traffickers targeting migrants stranded in countries due to…

The Hindu

Libyan militias ‘making a killing’ off kidnapping refugees for ransom

Refugee Salem Doma was tortured and held for ransom in Bani Walid, Libya, another victim of human trafficking.

Al Jazeera

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Vigilante torturer could be out of jail in about a year

Two men who helped torture a man in the lead-up to his shooting murder in remote eastern Victoria have been sentenced to jail time.

France 24

Iran uses rape, torture to silence detained Mahsa Amini protesters, Amnesty says

Iranian authorities have used rape and sexual assault to punish or silence those arrested during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, Amnesty International said in a report released on Wednesday. Amnesty documented 45 cases of sexual violence perpetrated against men, women and children who were detained and says the actual number…

International Business Times

US Charges Four Pro-Russian Troops In Ukraine With War Crimes

The United States charged four pro-Russian soldiers with war crimes on Wednesday for the abduction and torture of an American national in Ukraine.

WEKU

U.S. unveils war crimes charges against 4 Russian-allied troops

The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine.

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The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab denial over torture-risk decisions was wrong, officials admit

Committee says that after Raab’s curry analogy, full picture was provided only when it pressed for further information

Guitar World

“I thought to myself, ‘Nobody’s done anything with that for at least 25 years. It looks like a piece of medieval torture instrumentation’”: How G7th revolutionized the guitar capo

The British company has sought to give the humble capo a player-friendly future. As with many great ideas, it evolved from a simple question that designer Nick Campling asked himself while playing an acoustic guitar…

The Independent UK

Kissinger's unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America

Leftists in Chile were tortured, tossed from helicopters and forced to watch relatives be raped during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet

The National (Scotland)

George Osborne attempts Scottish accent as he recounts pronunciation error

AS if the re-branding of George Osborne as a centrist-dad podcaster wasn’t torture enough.

The Guardian - UK

Former Edinburgh Academy teacher accused of torture will not stand trial

John Brownlee, 88, who faced 37 allegations relating to abuse of schoolboys over 20 years, ruled medically unfit for trial

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t be naive like I was’: UK academic advises Cop28 attenders to stay safe

Matthew Hedges, tortured in UAE in 2018, tells reporters and activists to take clean phones and watch who they deal with

The Hindu

Fresh ragging charge against hostel seniors by Jadavpur student

JU student alleges harassment by seniors in boys' hostel; VC orders anti-ragging committee to investigate. Postgrad student claims mental torture, physical gestures, cold glares, and inability to study due to fear. JUTA general secretary calls for speedy investigation.

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