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UN agency calls for global pause on deportations back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Exclusive: Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone

The Independent UK

Venezuelan Deportees Detail Ordeal in El Salvador's Infamous Prison: 'I Was Sexually Abused by the Salvadoran Authorities'

Several Venezuelan migrants repatriated as part of a recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela have accused Salvadoran authorities of torture, sexual abuse, and other mistreatment

Latin Times

They were freed from a ‘torture prison’ in El Salvador. This is their life now

IN FOCUS: Trump deported dozens of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran jail under the Alien Enemies Act. They were set free five months later — and could fight for their return to the United States, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

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ICE Rejects Deporting 82-Year-Old Torture Survivor In Pennsylvania, Calls Family Claim a 'Hoax'

ICE rejected deporting an 82-year-old torture survivor to Guatemala, calling the family's claim a "hoax"

Latin Times

Venezuela to probe El Salvador’s Bukele for ‘torture’ of US deportees

Deported migrants say they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food inside a notorious El Salvador prison.

Al Jazeera

Venezuela Says Migrants Were Tortured In Salvadoran Prison

Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food.

International Business Times

80-Year-Old Asylum Recipient and Torture Survivor Secretly Deported After Trying To Replace His Green Card: Report

An 82-year-old legal U.S. resident and torture survivor was deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office in Philadelphia to replace his lost green card, according to a new report

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‘True threat at large’: HC order acquitting 12 rips into 2006 Mumbai blasts probe

Branded terrorists, tortured into confessions, and imprisoned for years – 12 men convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case were acquitted on Monday by the Bombay High Court, which set aside a trial court’s judgment that had sentenced five of them to death and the others to life.

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Rainbow Six Siege pro arrested for participating in alleged kidnap and torture of a man for three months in Japan

Sho "BlackRay" Hasegawa has been released by CAG Osaka.

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‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaigners

The Guardian - UK

The Institute review – this is how you butcher a Stephen King novel

Flimsy characters, zero fun and the replacement of dread with upsetting scenes of child torture: this show strips out every bit of the author’s genius

The Guardian - UK

'Evil' Stephen Miller Calls Torture a 'Celebration of Human Life' in Resurfaced Clip From His Teens

The White House official said he hoped future leaders would "appreciate the value and respect that torture shows towards other cultures" in the 2003 clip.

Latin Times

‘When that data falls into the hands of the Taliban it will lead to my arrest, torture and death’

Afghans exposed in 2022 UK data breach fear for their own and their families’ safety and say it is a betrayal by country they risked their lives for

The Guardian - UK

Betrayal after betrayal: Afghan special forces abandoned by Britain had details leaked in MoD data breach

Revealed: Elite troops who fought alongside UK troops were put at risk of danger after personal data was shared in catastrophic breach

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Kosovo fighter's sentence cut to 13 years despite court upholding convictions for murder and torture

A European Union-backed court has upheld convictions against former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter Pjetër Shala for murder, torture and arbitrary detention

International Business Times

Cambodia Genocide Survivors 'Thrilled' At New UNESCO Status

Survivors of Cambodia's four-year genocide on Saturday told AFP they were "thrilled" that the site of their lives' biggest horror has gained UNESCO recognition.

The Independent UK

Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list

Three sites used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List

Capital & Main

Tortured by the Taliban, Locked Up in the U.S.

The increasingly opaque path for protection adopted by Trump leaves those who fled their homeland with little hope.

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International Business Times

Three Cambodia Genocide Sites Added To UNESCO Register

Three notorious Cambodian torture and execution sites used by the Khmer Rouge regime to perpetrate genocide 50 years ago were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List on Friday.

The Guardian - AU

North Korean defector sues Kim Jong-un alleging torture and sexual violence in regime’s detention facilities

Choi Min-kyung is seeking damages from the state represented by its leader and has also submitted a criminal complaint alleging crimes against humanity

The Independent UK

Defector ‘tortured’ in North Korean detention facility to sue Kim Jong Un

Choi Min Kyung says she suffered physical and sexual abuse in North Korean detention after being repatriated from China

Clever Dude

America’s 10 Most Dangerous Prisons—And Why They’re So Feared

Ever wonder what makes a prison notorious—and not just tough? The most dangerous prisons in America are feared for a reason, from extreme violence and torture-like solitary confinement to deadly environmental hazards. Understanding what goes on behind bars shows us why some facilities stand out—and what reforms might be needed.…

The Guardian - UK

Cover Her / Scenes from Under Milk Wood reviews – music for an unsettlingly vivid torture scene

New works at Spitalfields music festival by Litha Efthymiou and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade brought a 3rd-century teenage martyr and the chattering rhythms of Dylan Thomas’s poetry vividly to life

Latin Times

DoJ Handing Over Recordings Of The Torture And Killing Of DEA Agent 'Kiki' Camarena By The Guadalajara Cartel

The Department of Justice has begun handing over recordings of the torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena in 1985 as part of a trial against the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel

The Guardian - UK

Inside Kondengui prison: ground zero of Cameroon’s war on dissent

Thousands have been detained and tortured in the Yaoundé jail as Paul Biya, 92, seeks to keep his grip on power

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