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Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, torture and kidnap.

France has a history of granting political asylum to Kurdish nationalists from Turkey who risk prison and torture back home. But recent deportations of Kurdish activists show a growing rift between the French state and its judiciary. One of these deportations has since been ruled illegal on appeal.

Enola at the Scare Maze in Walsall, England, is a terrifying haunted house experience that pushes visitors to their psychological limits.

Billionaire compares Minnesota governor to clown emoji: ‘Saving the American people from the torture of hearing you speak for four years was worth it’

A California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing foster children he was assigned to care for in his home, including some who had been previously tortured by their parents

In addition to first-degree murder, Saul Nava, 24, was also found guilty of kidnapping, torture, aggravated mayhem, and a slew of other charges.

Nearly three dozen rights groups urge Thailand’s prime minister to release a Vietnamese activist facing extradition, warning he risks torture if returned

Months after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directed The Caravan magazine to take down its story on the Indian army’s “torture and murder of civilians” in Poonch and Rajaouri of Jammu, the Press Council of India has sent a show-cause notice to the media outlet. 

Days after one Ram Gopal Mishra was shot dead in the Bahraich violence, anchor Sudhir Chaudhary detailed a “postmortem of hate” – purportedly riddled with misinformation – on his show Black and White on AajTak on Wednesday.

The U.N. has documented killings, forced disappearances, and torture.

The recently elected head of the National Rifle Association was the president of a fraternity when he and four brothers tortured and killed their house cat because it wasn't using its litter box.