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Tragic end for missing Denver stylist Jax Gratton: Body found as chilling torture rumors collapse

A cause of death has not yet been determined.

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Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatment

The Guardian - UK

Family of teenage girl allegedly tortured and murdered by man she met on Grindr sues app

‘Without Grindr, we believe that Miranda would have never met this Steven Gress character, and she’d still be alive,’ the lawsuit states

The Independent UK

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2nd suspect in Manhattan crypto kidnapping and torture case indicted

A second man charged in the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man for his Bitcoin has been indicted

The Independent UK

Westminster Council appeals judge ruling that led to Leicester Square busker ban

Musicians blasting out songs on a daily basis in the West End tourist hotspot was compared to ‘psychological torture’ by a judge

Evening Standard

Cop on NYC Mayor Adams’ security team eyed for links to ‘crypto king’ chainsaw torture: report

One of detectives allegedly picked up victim from airport

The Independent UK

A second crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in a posh NYC apartment

A second cryptocurrency investor has surrendered to police in the alleged kidnapping and torture of a man inside an upscale Manhattan apartment

The Independent UK

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Ex-aide to Georgia’s de facto leader at risk of torture, lawyers say

Giorgi Bachiashvili, who fell out with billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, arrested and deported from UAE to Tbilisi

The Guardian - UK

M23 accused of possible ‘war crimes’ in eastern DRC: Rights group

Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.

Al Jazeera

Crypto investor in New York charged in kidnapping and torture plot

John Woeltz, 37, being held without bail after allegedly beating, shocking and dangling man from five-story home

The Guardian - US

Italian businessman tortured for weeks with chainsaw and Taser in luxury New York apartment by crypto investor, police say

John Woeltz is accused of keeping an Italian citizen captive for two weeks in his lush Manhattan apartment

The Independent UK

NYC Crypto Investor Allegedly Tortured Former Business Partner and Threatened to Cut Off His Limbs With a Chainsaw

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and torture of his former business partner, allegedly held captive for weeks.

Latin Times

Sexually Assaulted And Smeared In Excrement: Uganda Activist Details Torture In Tanzania

Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the hands of security forces in Tanzania this week.

International Business Times

‘Tortured’ Ugandan activist dumped at border following arrest in Tanzania

East African rights groups condemn Tanzania after Agather Atuhaire was found at the Ugandan border.

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Euronews

Russia is offering Ukrainian POWs to ‘switch sides and occupy Europe together’

Ukraine has submitted a list of POWs to Russia for a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. Many Ukrainian soldiers have now spent over three years in Russian captivity, where they are often being tortured, abused and offered to "join Russian forces to then occupy Europe."

The Guardian - AU

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

International Business Times

The Battle By Chile Torture Site Dwellers To Remain

With its pristine swimming pool, manicured lawns and lush forest backdrop, Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway.

The Guardian - UK

Labour must not rubber-stamp torture policy, say campaigners

Policy review of intelligence-sharing with foreign countries risks leaving ‘very serious flaws’, say NGOs and MPs

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The Independent UK

Brain-dead Georgia woman put on life support for 3 months to carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban against her family’s wishes

‘It’s torture for me. I come here, and I see my daughter breathing on a ventilator, but she’s not there,’ Adriana Smith’s mother says

The Independent UK

Police hunt for teenagers after kittens tortured and killed

The ‘incredibly distressing incident’ has sparked concern in the local community

The Independent UK

California couple and adult daughter arrested over ‘severe’ and ‘prolonged’ torture of six foster children

The alleged abuse may have began a decade ago when the children were first placed in the family’s care

Latin Times

Former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica Dead at 89

Mujica had been imprisoned and tortured by the Uruguayan dictatorship in the 1960s and 70s for nearly 15 years.

Capital & Main

Trump Administration Quietly Moves to Restrict Access to Asylum, Other Protections in Immigration Court

Even with the threat of torture in a Salvadoran prison hanging over their heads, migrants are more likely to be told

The Guardian - UK

UK faces legal challenge over asylum seekers’ deportations to Bulgaria

Deportees may face inhumane treatment and torture, say lawyers contesting Labour’s migration policy

The Independent UK

‘Acts of torture:’ Florida nurse accused of assaulting quadriplegic, non-verbal woman

Nia Ayers, 24, allegedly taped the victim’s mouth shut before ripping the tape off multiple times

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