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Detained by Russian occupiers: ‘They jail you and forget’

Liliya Pshenichnaya says Russian forces held her for 60 days in a process that was arbitrary, frightful, and confused.

Al Jazeera

Wuthering Heights review – a deliciously dark Brontë with its jagged edges restored

Coal-black humour propels Brontë’s tale of murderous desire, animal torture and family abuse

The Guardian - UK

‘Indefinite torture’: the desperate wait for Australian mothers in Syria to get their children out

Families in trapped in the Roj camp say the environment is ‘toxic’ for their children’s mental and physical wellbeing

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Mehbooba demands probe into Poonch attack, civilian’s death in ‘custody’

“Hundreds of youth from south Kashmir have been put in jails,” she said.

The Hindu

Scores of world figures urge Putin to free Navalny in open letter

Scores of famous figures, including writers and actors, have signed an open letter urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to free opposition politician Alexei Navalny and to end what they called his torture in prison.

Reuters

Fed-up mum told to 'move now' after neighbour causes her to 'live in hell'

A mum-of-one has issued a desperate plea for advice after living for months with a neighbour who has 10 dogs. She says the noise and smell from the flat below is 'torture'.

Edinburgh Live

Yemeni detainees recount torture after release in prisoner swap

Prisoner swap earlier in April was one of the biggest of the war in Yemen so far, allowing detainees to finally be free.

Al Jazeera

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Mum and boyfriend who tortured son, 10, to death over five days sentenced to life term

The pair tortured the 10-year-old victim, spraying him with hot sauce, forcing them to fight one another and made the youngsters kneel for lengthy periods on concrete floors, nails or uncooked rice at the home in Lancaster, Los Angeles

Daily Mirror

Mom, boyfriend get life sentences in 10-year-old boy's death

The mother of a 10-year-old California boy who died after being tortured has been sentenced to life in prison, along with her boyfriend

The Independent UK

Sharon Osbourne says watching husband Ozzy suffer is torture as she gives new health update

The Black Sabbath star has suffered a series of setbacks since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2003

Evening Standard

Iranian security forces have ‘illegally killed, sexually assaulted and tortured children’

Secondary school student says she was beaten and whipped while interrogated and her clothes were set on fire when security forces pushed her onto a lit gas range

The Independent UK

What Celtic and Rangers emotional torture is REALLY like for managers from escape routes to 'bring it on'

Gordon Strachan is a veteran of the derby and explains how Ange Postecoglou and Michael Beale will be feeling ahead of Sunday.

Daily Record

Judges showed ‘deference’ to Home Office view of Rwanda’s pledges, court told

Rwanda was described as “a highly autocratic repressive state” that “imprisons, tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents”.

The National (Scotland)

Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured. How much longer?

Across the UK, revelations of institutional abuse keep mounting up, yet people are still being denied basic respect, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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The Independent UK

Court of Appeal to hear challenge against plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

People from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria are aiming to overturn High Court rulings made in December.

AAP

Cairns man charged with torture, manslaughter of child

Eighteen months after a emergency crews found a 23 month old boy unresponsive in a Cairns home, a man is due in court over his death.

The Independent UK

Scared of the Dark review: The psychological torture of being locked in a room with Chris Eubank is TV gold

Channel 4 might have stumbled on a winning formula with this Danny Dyer-led reality TV experiment

AFP

Iranian filmmaker recounts torture to 'unsettle' abusers

Paris (AFP) - One man mimes his bones being broken, a woman recounts her surrender to religious brainwashing, and a third man replicates his confinement in a tiny prison cell.

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Daily Record

Three dead women sent worrying texts before throats 'cut' in horrific beach trip murders

Denisse Reyna, 19, Yuliana Macias, 21, and Nayeli Tapia, 22 were found three days after they were reported missing with their bodies showing signs of torture.

The Guardian - US

FBI arrests guardsman who applied for job on RentAHitman.com

Josiah Garcia reportedly told undercover agent he was an excellent shot and willing to torture people and cut off fingers or ears

The Independent UK

Scared of the Dark review: The psychological torture of being locked in a room with Chris Eubank is TV gold

Channel 4 might have stumbled on a winning formula with this Danny Dyer-led reality TV experiment

Irish Mirror

'Dangerous' inmate Barbie Kardashian to move prisons amid fear she could follow through on threats

A source said Kardashian, who was born Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile and changed her name by deed poll, is deemed too dangerous to mix. Kardashian was found guilty on seven counts of threatening to kill, rape, torture or cause serious harm to her mother.

The Guardian - UK

Gaunt and ghostly, Georgia’s jailed ex-president nears death in hospital

Mikheil Saakashvili warned of Putin’s ambitions 15 years ago. Now he tells of torture by a regime that panders to Moscow

Daily Mirror

BGT's Bruno Tonioli calls show 'torture' as act leaves Simon Cowell 'embarrassed'

Britain's Got Talent's newest recruit Bruno Tonioli barely made it through his first round of auditions, after finding more than one act 'torture' to watch

Leeds Live

David Seaman tells Javi Gracia perfect Liverpool plan amid Crystal Palace 'torture' admission

The ex-Leeds United shot-stopper has told the Spaniard what he thinks Leeds should do to beat Liverpool on Monday night.

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