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Exiles ask King Charles to rescind honour awarded to king of Bahrain

Buckingham Palace accused of ‘burying’ news of GCVO bestowed on King Hamad, whose regime is accused of torture and censorship

The Guardian - UK

Abu Ghraib torture survivors win US civil case, $42m damages

Defence contractor CACI, whose employees worked at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib, ordered to pay damages after 15-year legal delays.

Al Jazeera

US Contractor Ordered To Pay $42 Mn To Iraqis Tortured At Abu Ghraib

A federal jury on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, their lawyers said.

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Former Abu Ghraib prisoners awarded $42 million as US military contractor found liable for helping in torture

A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago

The Independent UK

New Zealand's leaders formally apologize to survivors of abuse in state and church care

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care

The Independent UK

VIDEO: Watch the video of five years ago in which Manoj Tibrewal Aakash' family was tortured by bulldozer

Amidst the buzz going on all over the country about the Supreme Court landmark judgement against bulldozer action, watch the video of five years ago in this report of Dynamite News, in which Manoj Tibrewal Aakash ancestral house was bulldozed and the family was tortured:

Dynamite News

We still don’t know everything that happened at Guantánamo Bay. The 9/11 trial could tell us

An obscure records request, an ACLU lawsuit, and the 9/11 trial could finally shed light on what the CIA was doing at Guantánamo’s mysterious Camp 7, writes Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

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Fears grow that woman arrested for undressing in Iran could be tortured in psychiatric unit

Protesters and political prisoners are being drugged, tortured and beaten in state-run institutions, say rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer criticised after greeting Emirati offical accused of torture

KEIR Starmer has been criticised after personally welcoming an Emirati official who has been accused of orchestrating the torture of two British men…

The National (Scotland)

He’s a wanted man accused of overseeing torture of Britons – now Emirati general is heading to UK

British academic Matthew Hedges says UAE security services chief and Interpol director Ahmed Naser Al Raisi is ultimately responsible for his torture

The Independent UK

UN-backed experts: Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians, prisoners is a crime against humanity

U.N.-backed human rights experts say Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity

The Independent UK

Real Halloween Serial Killers: 44 Years Ago, The Toolbox Killers Kidnapped Hitchhiker Shirley Ledford, and Tortured Her With Icepicks

On a Halloween night 45 years ago, the infamous "Toolbox Killers" kidnapped, tortured and killed their final teenage victim.

Latin Times

Taliban Prohibits Women from Being Heard by Other Women: 'A Form of Mental Torture'

Human rights activists warn that women could be banned from having conversations with one another after the Taliban declared that women's voices as "awrah."

Latin Times

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv announces draft of 160,000 more troops

Russia claims control of Selydove, near Pokrovsk; spotlight on Moscow’s expanded use of torture since invasion. What we know on day 980

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Evening Standard

Robber gets life for ‘torture murder’ after police sniffer dog called Sunflower-Monty helps crack the case

Olsi Kuka, 25, was attacked by a group of men who burst into his flat

The Independent UK

Robber locked up for life for ‘torture murder’ of man for £30,000 cannabis stash

Olsi Kuka, 25, was attacked by a group of men who burst into his flat in London in May 2022.

The Guardian - UK

‘Carved on bodies and souls’: Ukrainian men face ‘systemic’ sexual torture in Russian detention centres

Ukraine only beginning to grapple with impact of widespread but unspoken abuse

Radio France Internationale

LRA rebel commander jailed in Uganda for war crimes in landmark case

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.

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Radio France Internationale

What's driving France's sudden deportation of Kurdish activists?

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.

International Business Times UK

Visitors Stripped, Shocked, And Mentally Tortured At England's Most Extreme Haunted House 'Enola'

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

The Independent UK

Rattled Elon Musk goes on late-night attack against Tim Walz after ‘dips***’ comments

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

The Independent UK

California foster dad sentenced to 7 years for abusing child torture victims

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

International Business Times

California Man Tortured Girlfriend on Christmas Eve, Forcibly Tattooed Her: 'I Wanted Her To Feel The Pain'

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

The Independent UK

Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited

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

Newslaundry

PCI issues show-cause notice to Caravan over story on army’s ‘torture of civilians’ in Poonch

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.

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