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Loud buskers playing songs on loop across Leicester Square is 'psychological torture', says judge

Westminster City Council has failed to tackle noise nuisance from buskers in Leicester Square

Evening Standard

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited

In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto Pinochet

The Guardian - UK

Man describes 24-hour treadmill fundraiser as ‘torture’ but ‘incredible’

Joe Pritchard ran continuously on a treadmill for 24 hours inside a pub to raise money for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

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Inside Israel’s ‘torture’ jails where Palestinians held without charge tell of brutal treatment

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A special investigation by chief international correspondent Bel Trew and Rateb al-Qaissy reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and death. Israel rejects all accusations of wrongdoing

The Independent UK

Nearly 25% of India cops back mob violence, 18% think Muslims naturally prone to crime: Report

One in four police personnel in India support the idea of mobs acting as judge, jury and executioner in matters they consider grave. And 22 percent of police personnel believe that killing ‘dangerous criminals’ is better than giving them a legal trial.

Newslaundry

Torture photos or the heavyweight championship: Zelensky reveals gift choice that sparked Oval Office Trump clash

Lying on a side table just out of shot was a gift that the Ukraine leader had intended to present to the president before their clash

The Independent UK

Nigerian journalists are harassed by the public, the state and paid ‘data boys’ – what must change

Death threats, kidnapping, unlawful detention, torture and assassination are some of the crimes being committed against journalists in Nigeria, according to a recent report. Another recent report details how the police and politicians are responsible for 70% of these harassment cases.

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Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials

Testimony from parliamentary inquiries and other evidence shows that top Thai officials secretly decided to hand a group of Uyghur detainees over to China while denying plans to do so in public, giving the detainees and their advocates no chance to make a last-ditch appeal before they were bundled off…

The Independent UK

Xbox Game Pass Just Added The Most Thrilling Multiplayer Action Game Of The Year

33 Immortals, a new early access action game, has you team up to fight your way out of Hell. It's one of the best multiplayer action games out this year.

Inverse

Son of cricket legend Colin Cowdrey accuses neighbour of 'water torture' harassment campaign over sale of £3.85m house

Jeremy Cowdrey says his neighbour Vanessa Gibson ‘terrorised’ him to ruin the sale of his property

Evening Standard

Ban on conversion 'therapy' to be reconsidered by Supreme Court. Here's what the discredited practice that tries to change LGBTQ youth is like

It was “mentally and emotionally abusive,” says a young man who has been through it. An expert has called it "torture."

Fortune

Family of man who died in custody say four-year wait for CPS decision is ‘form of torture’

Sister of William Cameron, who died in a police station in Berkshire in 2020, says delay has left family unable to grieve

The Guardian - UK

Behind Closed Doors review – Brazil’s descent into authoritarianism laid brutally bare

João Pedro Bim’s documentary juxtaposes propagandist newsreel footage with 1960s audio recordings of the military dictatorship debating legalised torture

The Guardian - UK

Russia 'Committed Crimes Against Humanity' In Ukraine: UN Probe

Russia has committed the crimes against humanity of enforced disappearances and torture in its war in Ukraine -- part of a systematic attack on civilians, a United Nations investigation has concluded.

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Survivors of Cartel Extermination Center Share Harrowing Testimonies Of Captivity: 'They Tortured Us Every Day'

"If they sent you to get toilet paper or asked you to torture your partner you had to do it. There were no second chances given," one man said.

The Independent UK

Father and stepmother who murdered 10-year-old schoolgirl Sara Sharif lose bid to reduce prison sentences

Court of Appeal also rules that Urfan Sharif will not have to serve a whole-life order

International Business Times

Parents Of Murdered UK-Pakistani Girl Appeal Life Terms

A UK court on Thursday will hear the appeals of the father and stepmother of a murdered British-Pakistani girl, who were jailed for life after killing the child following years of torture.

The Independent UK

Former Thai police chief convicted of torture-killing of drug suspect found dead in his cell

A Thai court in 2022 had jailed six police officers, apart from Thitisan, for life for torturing and killing a drug suspect during interrogation

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Evening Standard

Top US lawyer faces questioning over torture allegations

Arthur Newbold, former general counsel for Dechert, is to be subpoenaed about activities of its ex-head of fraud in London

The Guardian - UK

‘Here you will die’: detainees speak of executions, starvation and beatings at hands of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

Haunting accounts of torture in newly found detention centre lead to calls for an investigation into what experts say could be among the worst atrocities of Sudan’s civil war

The Guardian - UK

Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum

Exclusive: What appears to be a vast burial site found at former Rapid Support Forces base in Sudan, while rescued detainees speak of torture, starvation and deaths of fellow inmates

The Independent UK

US says multiple offers were made to resettle Uyghurs before Thailand deported them back to China

The State Department says the United States and other countries made repeated offers to Thailand to resettle more than three dozen Uyghur men before they were deported back to China, where rights groups fear they may face torture and other abuse

Latin Times

Children Forced Into Helping With 'Especially Cruel' Month-Long Torture of Transgender Man, Prosecutors Reveal

New York prosecutors say a transgender man endured a month of "especially cruel" torture and that those involved even coerced children into participating.

The Guardian - US

He was tortured in Turkey. Then he faced a US immigration judge who almost never grants asylum

Harrowing story of ‘ES’, fleeing persecution to seek safety in US, shines light on judges who grant claims at exceptionally low rates – or not at all

The Independent UK

Transgender man was sexually assaulted and forced to drink urine in month-long torture campaign before being murdered: police

Sam Nordquist, 24, was found dead on February 13 in the Finger Lakes region

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