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Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death revives Algeria’s painful colonial memories

The death of right-wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen on Tuesday has brought dark memories to the surface for many in Algeria, where he was accused of using torture during the war of independence. He also raised heckles with his rejection of migrants, his position on Islam and on France's…

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Manhattan residents take fitness chain to court over ear-splitting music — comparing it to POW ‘torture’

Exclusive: Two Manhattan women claim they haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in a year, as their beds literally start vibrating at 6 a.m. thanks to the “absurdly loud” F45 studio downstairs

The Independent UK

Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad

The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open

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‘I Have So Much Fear That They’re Going to Torture Me’

The U.S. keeps deporting people back to El Salvador, where they're likely to be imprisoned and tortured.

Capital & Main

US military court clears way for possible plea deals for 9/11 suspects

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin sought to throw out a possible deal in a case complicated by accusations of CIA torture.

Al Jazeera

ICE Deports Former Somali Military Officer Accused Of Human Rights Abuses, Torture

Yusuf Abdi Ali, a 71-year-old former Somali military officer served as a lieutenant colonel in the Somali National Army and led the Fifth Brigade in northwest Somalia during Siad Barre's dictatorship from 1987 to 1989.

Latin Times

Jail for man over 'vile and protracted' home invasion

A man has been jailed for six years after a violent home invasion in which a woman was tortured, with an accomplice allegedly threatening her with a gun.

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CNN Presented a Syrian Jailer as a Torture Survivor

The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of misinformation.

Reason

Corpses, men who don’t know their names: Scenes from a Damascus hospital

Over 100,000 Syrians were disappeared by the Assad regime. At a hospital in Damascus, their families search desperately.

Al Jazeera

Syrian defector who smuggled torture images out of country warns of hundreds of thousands of deaths

ON THE GROUND: Photographer codenamed Caesar who captured more than 53,000 pictures documenting the horrors of the Assad regime tells Bel Trew how he risked his life to show the world what was happening – and his fears for what is still to be found

The Independent UK

Ex-prisoners Back In Syria's Cells 'Of Despair'

This time he was there by choice. "We had to scrub clean the torture areas and toilets, and drag the dead from the cells," said Bajbouj, who is still frail and said that this was his first time near the building since his release.

International Business Times

Former Head of Syrian Prison Allegedly Used Wooden Device Known as 'Flying Carpet' to Inflict Torture on Prisoners

An Syrian military official who fled to the United States was charged in California with multiple counts of torture, specifically for using a device called the "flying carpet" to inflict pain on prisoners.

International Business Times

‘The army just ran away’: how Bashar al-Assad lost his brutal grip on Syria

Former president’s regime killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of protesters. Now Syrians are facing a new country and a new reality

The Guardian - UK

Los Angeles grand jury indicts former Syrian official for torture

Alsheikh once served as a governor in Syria and immigrated to the US in 2020

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Europe's anti-torture watchdog slams Italy over migrant detention abuses

The Council of Europe anti-torture committee has criticized Italy’s treatment of migrants in local detention centers

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Former Syrian Official Charged With Torture In US

Former Syrian military official charged with torture and conspiracy in the US. Legal actions taken against Assad's regime in Europe.

The Independent UK

Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture

International Business Times

US Charges Ex-head Of Syrian Prison With Torture

The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed government of Bashar al-Assad, the Justice Department said.

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I sparked Syria’s revolution as a teenage boy – now I’m here to finish it

ON THE GROUND: Muawiyah Syasneh was 16 when his anti-Assad graffiti on a school wall led to his arrest, sparking protests that ended in civil war. Now, in the very same spot, he tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew about the years-long war – and his role in bringing it…

International Business Times

Rapes, Torture, Killings -- A Litany Of Abuses Blamed On Assad Forces

Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011.

The Guardian - UK

‘We won’t stop until we find them all’: joy gives way to grief as Syria buries its dead

As thousands took to the streets of Damascus for the funeral of Mazen al-Hamadah, a victim of Assad’s brutal regime, the search for Syria’s disappeared continues

The Guardian - UK

No pardons for prison torturers, says Syrian rebel leader

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says HTS group will ask countries to hand over Assad regime officials who flee

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Syrian Rebels Vow Justice For Torture Under Assad Regime

Syrian rebels led by Mohammad al-Jolani stand firm against pardoning Assad regime torturers, seeking justice for victims.

Al Jazeera

Syria’s al-Sharaa promises to punish those who tortured, killed detainees

HTS leader seeks ‘justice’ for detainees as Syria’s new rulers attempt to stabilise the country after years of civilwar.

The Guardian - UK

‘To cough was to risk death’: the artist who mapped Syria’s Sednaya prison with testimonies from its survivors

As an artist and audio investigator, I interviewed people who had been imprisoned in a building where sound and vision were weaponised. So what should happen to this monstrous place now it has been liberated?

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