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Suspected custodial torture and death: DYFI workers take out march to Vadakara police station

The protesters held police responsible for the death of 42-year old Sajeevan Kalleri

The Hindu

Suspected custodial torture and death: Investigation on against Vadakara police

Sajeevan Kalleri, a Vadakara native, was allegedly beaten up by the Vadakara police and succumbed to injuries on the way to a nearby hospital

The Hindu

Taliban presiding over extensive rights abuses in Afghanistan, says UN

Allegations include 160 killings of ex-government officials and security forces, torture and punishments

The Guardian - UK

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3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees

As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.

The Conversation

Treatment of UK prisoners during Covid meets UN definition of torture

Analysis: Report finds 85% of inmates were locked up for 23 hours a day, with sadly predictable results. It cannot be ignored

The Guardian - UK

UN report highlights hundreds of rights violations in Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday that the ruling Taliban were responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhumane punishments in the 10 months since they seized power.

Reuters

Inside 'torture prison' where guard dogs are trained to bite inmates' genitals

Turkey has a dark past when it comes to the treatment of prisoners. A 'torture prison' has seen reports of a dog being trained to bite the genitals of prisoners

Daily Mirror

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Ukrainian boy held hostage by Russia tells of cleaning up torture rooms

Vladislav Buryak was kept for 90 days and describes people screaming and a room with bloodstains and soaked bandages

The Guardian - UK

My name is Brian: the prisoner whose treatment put Switzerland on trial

Swiss tabloids portray Brian Keller as a monster called ‘Carlos’. UN torture experts say he has been traumatised by isolation and systemic racism

The Guardian - UK

Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

Chicago Sun-Times

Italy's top court: murder trial of Egyptians can't proceed

Italy's top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors' efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the torture and slaying of an Italian student

The Independent UK

Fourteen killed as ‘Narcos’ drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero captured in Mexico

Mexican military forces have captured notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who was previously jailed for the torture and murder of a US drug enforcement agent in 1985.

Evening Standard

British aid worker was ‘tortured to death’, claims human rights group

Paul Urey, 45, died in captivity last Sunday claim pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region of Ukraine and human rights campaigner Vladimir Osechkin said he was "tortured to death"

Daily Mirror

Old Lexus And BMW Engines Drained Of Oil, Torture Tested To Death

Both cars are over 20 years old and both have V8s under the hood. But one significantly outlasts the other.

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The Guardian - US

UN urged to move Cop27 from Egypt over ‘LGBTQ+ torture’

US adviser to the White House and partner call on UN to move climate change summit over fears they would be targeted

Daily Mirror

Woman pregnant with baby 'incompatible with life' describes torture of abortion ban

The 21-year-old says her booked termination was instantly cancelled following the Roe vs Wade reversal on June 26 with her unborn baby suffering daily seizures inside her

The Independent UK

Tory leadership candidate says she will ‘eliminate’ right to protection from torture and inhuman treatment

Suella Braverman says Article 3 ties government’s hands on deportations to Rwanda

Al Jazeera

Ex-Gambian spies get death sentence for killing activist under Jammeh

Political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng died after torture and beating in detention for leading a peaceful march.

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Swedish court sentences ex-Iranian official to life for torture, murder

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Varla demands apology from CID over ‘custodial torture’

Two persons were allegedly picked up for sharing a post on Vijayamma

Reuters

Britons accuse UAE of torture before U.N. committee

Two British men who had been detained in the United Arab Emirates gave evidence before a U.N. committee on torture on Tuesday, with one saying he was subjected to solitary confinement and the other abuse with an electric shock baton.

Daily Record

Scots employee from hell pulled loaded shotgun on boss and tortured him with dog chain

Ronald McLennan tortured boss Ian Robertson with a dog chain and threatened him with a loaded shotgun in a two decade long reign of terror

Evening Standard

Cameron Norrie’s dad says watching Wimbledon quarter-final win ‘torture’

Cameron Norrie’s father has said watching the British No1’s dramatic Wimbledon quarter-final win was “torture”.

The Independent UK

Cameron Norrie’s father opens up on ‘torture’ of watching Wimbledon quarter-final

David Norrie, a microbiologist originally from Glasgow, said he struggled to watch the final points of his son’s match on Tuesday

Tribune News Service

Rabbit rescue president charged after authorities find 47 dead bunnies in Minnesota barn

MINNEAPOLIS — The president of a nationally known rabbit rescue nonprofit has been charged with felony animal cruelty and torture after 47 dead rabbits were found by authorities in a feces-filled Savage barn last week.

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