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‘Hope always endured’: Ukrainian women released from Russian prison speak out

Large-scale prisoner exchanges have been the only tangible result of three rounds of talks between Russia and Ukraine, between May and July – with the most recent taking place on Sunday. Three civilian women from the Donetsk region who were released on 14 August testified to the torture they endured…

Radio France Internationale

LNP’s youth crime legislation condemned by UN as ‘incompatible with basic child rights’

United Nations special rapporteur on torture urges Queensland parliament to vote down the laws

The Guardian - AU

The UN has condemned the ‘psychological torture’ of IPP – when will the UK government?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour has already ignored the advice of the Parole Board – it cannot turn a blind eye to the UN’s recommendations

The Independent UK

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UN torture tsar attacks UK over ‘inhumane’ indefinite jail terms

Exclusive: The UN special rapporteur on torture has warned the British government is ‘very likely’ breaching IPP prisoners’ human rights

The Independent UK

Stop scaremongering over prisoners trapped by indefinite jail terms, ministers told

Exclusive: Fight for indefinitely held IPP prisoners continues as the UN calls for partial resentencing, warning ‘we cannot allow more people to take their lives out of a lack of action’

The Independent UK

Teen Jailed For 18 Months Over McDonald’s Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later, Mom Asks For Help

"It's horrendous the way that they have treated them, and I know it's not just him." The post Teen Jailed For 18 Months Over McDonald’s Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later, Mom Asks For Help first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Teenager jailed for 18 months after McDonald’s fight still in prison 18 years later under indefinite jail term

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Luke Ings was 17 when he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonald’s. Now aged 36, he still has no release date

The Independent UK

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Inmate with indefinite prison term took his own life after government rejected resentencing plans

In a tragic suicide note, Sean Davies said he hoped his death would trigger change for IPP prisoners with no hope of release

The Independent UK

UN torture tsar calls on Starmer to review sentences of IPP prisoners trapped indefinitely behind bars

Dr Alice Jill Edwards says cases raised by The Independent highlight need for ‘urgent’ action to end ‘terrible indictment’ on UK justice system

The Independent UK

IDF investigates soldiers who tied Palestinian man to vehicle’s bonnet

Military says conduct seen in video from occupied West Bank city of Jenin ‘does not conform’ to its values

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai trial in Hong Kong hears evidence from ‘tortured’ witness

Lai’s supporters say evidence of Andy Li should not be relied upon as it was obtained through torture

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war briefing: Russian forces occupying Ukraine use torture as ‘policy’, says UN expert

Alice Jill Edwards says 90% of Ukraine’s 103,000 open cases relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity are registered as torture cases – what we know on day 745

The Guardian - AU

MoJ changes to indefinite jail sentences do not go far enough, says UN expert

Changes to imprisonment for public protection scheme in England and Wales ‘do not tackle the cases of nearly 1,250 prisoners’

The Guardian - UK

Palestinians must be guaranteed right to return to homes in Gaza, warns UN expert

Exclusive: ‘History may tell them it’s a door they shouldn’t leave from’ if Egypt does open border, special rapporteur on torture says

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

UN torture expert accuses private firms of making ever more cruel instruments

Special rapporteur Alice Edwards presents UN general assembly with list of 20 items she wants to see banned

The Guardian - UK

UN highlights ‘psychological harm’ to UK man jailed since 2012 for phone theft

Exclusive: Expert repeats call to review indefinite sentences such as Thomas White’s, whose family says now suffers from psychosis

The Guardian - UK

UN torture expert urges UK government to review indefinite sentences

‘Deeply flawed’ imprisonment for public protection scheme still causing severe distress, says rapporteur

The Independent UK

Ukrainian accounts of torture ‘go way beyond rogue Russian troops’, UN warns

Exclusive: Russia ignores deadline to respond to UN letter triggering Moscow’s duty to investigate war crime 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.

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