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Surviving Syria’s Prisons review – consistently shocking and unforgettably moving

This chilling film takes two activist brothers back to the hellish jails where they were held for almost a decade. Then it goes further – and tracks down the soldiers who tortured for the Assad regime

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Woman jailed in Scotland for sharing 'monkey torture' videos online

A WOMAN has been sentenced in connection with possessing and distributing material online related to the torture of monkeys in the first case of its…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2025

TV tonight: a horrifying look inside the prison walls of the Assad regime

Confessions of ex-prison guards are woven with the story of two incarcerated brothers who recall torture so cruel it’s hard to fathom. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

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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.

We Got This Covered · Jun 9, 2025

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 · Jun 9, 2025

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 · Jun 5, 2025

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 · May 30, 2025

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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 · May 30, 2025

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 · May 30, 2025

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 · May 27, 2025

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 · May 27, 2025

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 · May 27, 2025

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 · May 24, 2025

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 · May 24, 2025

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Latin Times · May 24, 2025

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.

International Business Times · May 24, 2025

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.

Al Jazeera · May 23, 2025

‘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.

Euronews · May 23, 2025

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."

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The Guardian - AU · May 20, 2025

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 · May 19, 2025

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 · May 18, 2025

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

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

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 · May 15, 2025

Police hunt for teenagers after kittens tortured and killed

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

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

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 · May 13, 2025

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.

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