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Women and girls related to suspected Isis affiliate members ‘abused and arbitrarily detained’ in Egypt

‘Women and girls who reached out for help were instead punished with arbitrary detention and torture,’ human rights group alleges

The Independent UK

This 9/11 suspect and ‘torture prop’ has spent 20 years in Guantánamo. Is he nearing a deal with the US?

Ammar al-Baluchi was a human experiment for interrogators learning brutal techniques. Now prosecutors have proposed a plea bargain

The Guardian - US

Are Zelda players okay?

Korok torture seems to be the new Zelda pasttime. Welcome to sandbox freedom, Nintendo players.

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'Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Korok Torture Devices Will Make You Cry

'Tears of the Kingdom' allows players enormous freedom to build fantastic machines. Naturally, it hasn't taken long for some folks to use their creations for devious purposes.

Inverse

Cherlapally prison authorities tortured me, I attempted suicide unable to bear their harassment: prisoner complains to judge

A convict complained to a judge that he was assaulted by Cherlapally Prison officials and other fellow prisoners at the behest of Prison Superintendent

The Hindu

Oil giant ExxonMobil settles long-running Indonesia torture case

The trial in the 22-year-old case brought by villagers in Aceh province was due to start next week.

Al Jazeera

Exxon Mobil settles Indonesian torture case after more than 20 years

Indonesian villagers — who allege they were subjected to torture, sexual assault, beatings and watching their loved ones being shot by Indonesian soldiers contracted by ExxonMobil in 2001 — agree to a settlement. WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.

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'Horrendous' Ayr High Street flats plan approved as local makes 'torture' comparison

Plan approved by councillors after residents complain about 'unworkable' bin storage and 'torture' of noisy heat pumps.

Daily Record

'Positive reports and remorse' - how schoolgirl's torture gang killer talked his way out of jail

"He and the other murderers of Suzanne were guilty of a crime every bit as horrific as the Moors Murders."

Manchester Evening News

Legal loophole psychiatrist fears Lori Vallow Daybell will use to appeal murder conviction

JJ, seven and Tylee, 16, were killed after being 'tortured' and Lori Vallow Daybell has been convicted in their gruesome murders. But Carole Lieberman, a forensic psychiatrist and expert witness, says there's a lot the mother could use on her appeal

Daily Mirror

Iran expected to execute three protesters over killing of police officers

Videos released of Majid Kazemi, Saeed Yaqoubi and Saleh Mirhashemi confessing, which families say were torture-induced

The Guardian - UK

Justice for Nikki Allan as monstrous murderer convicted after 31 years of torture for family

David Boyd has been found guilty of murdering Nikki Allan in Sunderland in 1992 and will be jailed for life

Chronicle Live

Gang who tortured and killed tragic teen all set to be released from prison

Suzanne, just 16 at the time, was tortured and beaten to death in a sickening crime that shocked the nation - with a 22-day trial in 1993 reducing a jury to tears before four people were convicted of. murder

Daily Mirror

Every murderer of a tortured teenager set on fire will soon be back on the street

Glyn Powell was part of a gang who tortured teenager Suzanne Capper and burned her alive — he is the last one of her killers still in prison but the parole board has now found him ‘manageable in the community’

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Daily Mirror

Guantanamo Bay prisoner's drawings lay bare brutal torture in CIA’s post-9/11 program

WARNING, CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES: Abu Zubaydah, 52, was used as a human guinea pig in the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program and a landmark new report shows the brutal torture he was subject to

Daily Record

Tortured teen's killers soon to all be free as fourth murderer due for release

Suzanne Capper's torture and death was so horrific, the 22-day trial reduced jurors to tears

Manchester Evening News

Suzanne, 16, was tortured, beaten and set on fire in a murder that horrified the nation. All of her murderers will soon be back on the streets

Glyn Powell had been jailed for life in 1993 for the murder of Suzanne Capper

The Guardian - US

‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s drawings expose the US’s depraved torture policy

Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release

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Reuters

UN expert calls for urgent medical care for Russia's jailed Navalny

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture on Wednesday called on Russia to provide jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with "urgent and comprehensive" medical care following reports that his health wasd deteriorating.

Daily Mirror

Protesters target Suella Braverman's office with brutal 'wrong side of history' plaque

Charity Freedom from Torture fixed a mocked-up blue plaque declaring that the Home Secretary had 'closed the door' on refugees as her Illegal Migration Bill comes under fire in the House of Lords

France 24

Guantanamo Bay art: Pakistani artist depicts 20 years of detention

Ahmed Rabbani was held in the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 20 years and was eventually released without charge in February. Ahmed says his paintings denounce the torture he suffered at the hands of his captors and is asking the US military to return the artwork he…

The Hindu

Ambasamudram custodial torture | CB-CID registers fourth case against Balveer Singh

The CB-CID police, investigating the alleged custodial torture of suspects by suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Balveer Singh, have registered one more case against him and his sub-ordinates of the Kallidaikurichi police station.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Health of Survivors of Houthi Prisons Deteriorates

Dozens of survivors from the Houthi prisons have seen their health deteriorate as a result of the physical and psychological torture they suffered while in detention, Yemeni sources revealed. Medical sources in Marib revealed that journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansouri and Harith Hamid were transferred to hospital after their health deteriorated days…

The Hindu

Ambasamudram custodial torture | Suspended ASP Balveer Singh also booked under SC/ST Act

Two more cases have been registered by the CB-CID, probing custodial torture charges, against the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Ambasamudram Sub-Division, Balveer Singh, taking the total number of cases filed against him to three.

Chicago Sun-Times

Not invited to the coronation? Celebrate here with a chip butty, some mushy peas and maybe a pint of good English ale

On Saturday morning, perhaps I’ll torture my family — and possibly the neighbors — with a chorus or two of “God Save the King.”

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