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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.

International Business Times

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

The Independent UK

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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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.

International Business Times

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 Guardian - AU

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

The Independent UK

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.…

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Latin Times

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

The Guardian - UK

DoJ to give up audio tapes of killing and torture of DEA agent Kiki Camarena

Major development in case against Rafael Caro Quintero accused of participating in Camarena’s murder in 1985 in Mexico

The Guardian - US

Indefinite jail terms ‘not right and not fair’, Lords say in call to end IPP injustice

Lord Woodley, who acknowledged his bill to resentence IPP prisoners will not succeed, challenged James Timpson to explain why the government won’t end ‘appalling torture sentences’

The Independent UK

Bongo family accuses Gabonese authorities of torture in French court

The Bongo family, the former rulers of Gabon, have provided video evidence before a French court on allegations of torture and arbitrary detention, following their ousting in the country's 2023 military coup.

Radio France Internationale

El Salvador’s president denies that Kilmar Ábrego García was abused in notorious prison

Nayib Bukele disputed claims of Ábrego García’s lawyers that he was tortured and deprived of sleep while in custody

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Football agent Jonathan Barnett accused of trafficking, torture and rape

The leading football agent Jonathan Barnett is being sued in an American court over allegations of human trafficking, torture and rape

The Independent UK

El Salvador President Bukele denies beating and torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in prison

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison

Latin Times

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Forced To Kneel For 9 Hours And Forbid From Going To The Bathroom While In El Salvador Prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia detailed the ordeal he went through while at El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison. He alleged "severe mistreatment" and "psychological torture"

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‘Whoever enters here doesn’t leave’: Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals the true horror of Trump’s CECOT prison hell

The reality of Trump's torture nightmare, revealed.

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Al Jazeera

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was ‘tortured’ in El Salvador prison, his lawyers say

New court filings detail his ordeal after his deportation became a flashpoint in Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The Independent UK

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you

The Guardian - US

‘We’ll keep fighting’: search persists for priest thought to be murdered on Pinochet torture ship

No trace has ever been found of Michael Woodward, but almost two years since Chile assumed responsibility for finding victims, cautious progress is being made

The Guardian - UK

‘We won’t let them get away with this’: activists to sue Tanzania’s government over ‘sexual torture’

Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire vow to hold authorities accountable as repression intensifies before October elections

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Police torture, ill-treatment make India ‘high risk’: Report

India has been ranked a “high-risk” country for torture and ill-treatment in the World Organization Against Torture’s first Global Torture Index 2025 that was released on Wednesday.

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‘Rewarding lawlessness’: Migrants face ‘torture and death’ as Supreme Court greenlights Trump’s deportation plan

The rule of law seems to flexible.

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