Torture
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Bahrain: 13 People Convicted in Unfair Mass Trial
(Beirut) – A Bahraini court has sentenced 13 people to prison after an unfair mass trial marred with due process violations and torture allegations,…
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Torture used by Russian forces in Ukraine may be state policy: UN
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Jill Edwards said widespread use of torture by Russian forces appears deliberate. Al Jazeera…
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UN torture prevention body cancels Australia trip after refused access to detention, mental health centres
The United Nations has cancelled a trip to inspect places where Australians are detained after it was denied full access…
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Immigration detainee not given new food because maggots ‘just on the vegetables’, report finds
An immigration detainee served a contaminated meal was not offered an alternative because the maggots were “just on the vegetables”,…
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Australia misses another deadline to implement international anti-torture treaty
Australia has missed another deadline to implement an international anti-torture agreement, with the country’s three largest states accused of dragging…
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‘Adopt’ an Iranian Political Prisoner to Save a Life
Three months into the latest round of protests in Iran, at least 100 protesters are at risk of execution. Saeed Ghasseminejad and…
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Kazakhstan: No Justice for January Protest Abuses
The failure of the Kazakh authorities to effectively investigate the serious loss of life and other grave human rights violations during and immediately…
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Spy agency Asio ‘acquiesced in the use of torture’ when detaining Egyptian refugee, court told
Sayed Abdellatif has been held in immigration detention since 2012 after being convicted of terrorism offences in Cairo in a…
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Afghanistan: Taliban torture and execute Hazaras in targeted attack – new investigation
Six people killed during a night raid on a family home in Ghor province, including a 12-year-old girl Ongoing Taliban killings…
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Traumatising treatment of Rwanda detainees akin to torture, say human rights lawyers
Asylum-seekers who had been due to be deported to the east African country on Tuesday night were put in restraints,…
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Tortured to death: the 14 Cypriot men killed by British in 50s uprising
At least 14 Cypriots were tortured then murdered by UK forces during an armed uprising in the late 1950s, according…
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Tortured to death: the 14 Cypriot men killed by British in 50s uprising
Book reveals fate of EOKA guerrilla fighters at the hands of the army during the dying days of empire on…
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Egypt: Rights Defender’s Imprisoned Father At Risk
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should urgently provide health care to Salah Soltan, the detained father of a prominent Egyptian rights defender living…
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Tortured to death: Myanmar mass killings revealed
Eyewitnesses and survivors said that soldiers, some as young as 17, rounded up villagers before separating the men and killing…
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Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities
In 1999, the Clinton administration launched a 78-day bombing campaign that killed up to 1500 civilians in Serbia and Kosovo…
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Turkey’s prestigious Army Aviation School commander was tortured by police
The commander of Turkey’s prestigious Army Aviation School (Kara Havacılık Okulu) was subjected to torture in police custody, documents obtained…
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