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Yemeni detainees recount torture after release in prisoner swap

Prisoner swap earlier in April was one of the biggest of the war in Yemen so far, allowing detainees to finally be free.

Al Jazeera

Mum and boyfriend who tortured son, 10, to death over five days sentenced to life term

The pair tortured the 10-year-old victim, spraying him with hot sauce, forcing them to fight one another and made the youngsters kneel for lengthy periods on concrete floors, nails or uncooked rice at the home in Lancaster, Los Angeles

Daily Mirror

Mom, boyfriend get life sentences in 10-year-old boy's death

The mother of a 10-year-old California boy who died after being tortured has been sentenced to life in prison, along with her boyfriend

The Independent UK

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Sharon Osbourne says watching husband Ozzy suffer is torture as she gives new health update

The Black Sabbath star has suffered a series of setbacks since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2003

Evening Standard

Iranian security forces have ‘illegally killed, sexually assaulted and tortured children’

Secondary school student says she was beaten and whipped while interrogated and her clothes were set on fire when security forces pushed her onto a lit gas range

The Independent UK

What Celtic and Rangers emotional torture is REALLY like for managers from escape routes to 'bring it on'

Gordon Strachan is a veteran of the derby and explains how Ange Postecoglou and Michael Beale will be feeling ahead of Sunday.

Daily Record

Judges showed ‘deference’ to Home Office view of Rwanda’s pledges, court told

Rwanda was described as “a highly autocratic repressive state” that “imprisons, tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents”.

The National (Scotland)

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Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured. How much longer?

Across the UK, revelations of institutional abuse keep mounting up, yet people are still being denied basic respect, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Court of Appeal to hear challenge against plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

People from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria are aiming to overturn High Court rulings made in December.

The Independent UK

Cairns man charged with torture, manslaughter of child

Eighteen months after a emergency crews found a 23 month old boy unresponsive in a Cairns home, a man is due in court over his death.

AAP

Scared of the Dark review: The psychological torture of being locked in a room with Chris Eubank is TV gold

Channel 4 might have stumbled on a winning formula with this Danny Dyer-led reality TV experiment

The Independent UK

Three dead women sent worrying texts before throats 'cut' in horrific beach trip murders

Denisse Reyna, 19, Yuliana Macias, 21, and Nayeli Tapia, 22 were found three days after they were reported missing with their bodies showing signs of torture.

Daily Record

FBI arrests guardsman who applied for job on RentAHitman.com

Josiah Garcia reportedly told undercover agent he was an excellent shot and willing to torture people and cut off fingers or ears

The Guardian - US

Scared of the Dark review: The psychological torture of being locked in a room with Chris Eubank is TV gold

Channel 4 might have stumbled on a winning formula with this Danny Dyer-led reality TV experiment

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Irish Mirror

'Dangerous' inmate Barbie Kardashian to move prisons amid fear she could follow through on threats

A source said Kardashian, who was born Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile and changed her name by deed poll, is deemed too dangerous to mix. Kardashian was found guilty on seven counts of threatening to kill, rape, torture or cause serious harm to her mother.

The Guardian - UK

Gaunt and ghostly, Georgia’s jailed ex-president nears death in hospital

Mikheil Saakashvili warned of Putin’s ambitions 15 years ago. Now he tells of torture by a regime that panders to Moscow

Daily Mirror

BGT's Bruno Tonioli calls show 'torture' as act leaves Simon Cowell 'embarrassed'

Britain's Got Talent's newest recruit Bruno Tonioli barely made it through his first round of auditions, after finding more than one act 'torture' to watch

Leeds Live

David Seaman tells Javi Gracia perfect Liverpool plan amid Crystal Palace 'torture' admission

The ex-Leeds United shot-stopper has told the Spaniard what he thinks Leeds should do to beat Liverpool on Monday night.

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Maryland attorney general challenges Archdiocese statement on clergy abuse report, says church can release redacted abusers

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown challenged the veracity of a statement the Archdiocese of Baltimore posted on its website about a report by Brown’s office detailing decades of child sex abuse and torture by Catholic clergy in Maryland and the church’s coverup.

Daily Record

Lynda Spence murder cops speak of regret at not finding body as search goes on

Colin Coats, 52, and Philip Wade, 52 were later jailed for her kidnap, torture and murder but her remains have never been found.

The Guardian - UK

Is the UK true to its word on the prevention of torture?

Rules for Britain’s intelligence services seem strict – but experts say they give too much room for manoeuvre

The Guardian - UK

UK torture policy labelled ‘fatally flawed’ after watchdog report

Investigatory powers commissioner has identified non-compliance by intelligence agencies and MoD

The New Daily

Supreme Court dismisses sisters’ case of ‘mental anguish’ against Kristina Keneally

Three sisters who were suing former politician Kristina Keneally for torture have had their case thrown out.

The Guardian - UK

‘The torture’s real. The time I did was real’: the Belfast man waterboarded by the British army

The long read: Liam Holden went to prison for 17 years on the basis of a confession he made after being tortured by British soldiers in 1972. Now the government is making it harder for people like him to get justice

The Conversation

'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

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