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Tents for Torture, Secret Detention Uncovered in Syria’s al-Hol Camp

The Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish) and the special female units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have found a tent used by ISIS-linked elements for torture and detention inside al-Hol refugee camp, east of al-Hasakah governorate. Security forces liberated four women who were chained up to a concrete wall.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Human Rights Groups Condemn Torture in Lebanese Prisons

International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court. Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Woman found dead at husband’s house in Kannur

Relatives allege torture by spouse and mother-in-law

The Hindu

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UK ministers ignored evidence Rwanda violated human rights, court told

African country went back on list of destinations for ‘migration partnership’ after civil servants had ruled it out, judges hear

The Guardian - UK

Watch Ford F-150 Lightning Tow Up Steep Hill Where Trucks Overheat

It's time to see how the fully electric F-150 Lightning handles an uphill towing torture test that has a reputation for causing trucks to overheat.

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Lebanon: Death of Syrian Detainee under Torture Disconcerts Security, Judicial Authorities

The death of a Syrian young man under torture inside a state security prison in southern Lebanon sparked confusion at the security, judicial and political levels, and brought back to the fore the file of torture in pretrial detention centers. Lebanese sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the arrested Syrian, Bashar…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Refugees terrified as Patel's Rwanda flights may start by Christmas, campaigners warn

There are fears for the mental health of asylum seekers who could be sent away. Many refugees have fled conflict in their countries and may be victims of trafficking or torture

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Torture prevention experts condemn UK’s ‘degrading’ and ‘discriminatory’ Rwanda migrant scheme

Priti Patel’s policy branded ‘punitive and discriminatory’ by human rights professors

The Independent UK

More scenes of torture and murder of Ukrainians will emerge in months, experts fear

Sources are understood to be "particularly concerned" about filtration camps amid reports of torture and murder, with a report by Human Rights Watch highlighting sickening treatment of people in Donetsk

Daily Mirror

Peru prosecutors to probe transgender man's death in Bali

Prosecutors in Peru have opened an investigation into the death of a Peruvian transgender man who died this month after being detained on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali

The Independent UK

Peru opens torture investigation over trans man's death in Indonesia

Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Indonesia last month of a trans Peruvian man who died while in custody in the tourist island of Bali, the country's public ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

Crown Law blocks the police in rare, costly legal standoff

Exclusive: Did the Government’s legal agency withhold evidence of the rape, torture and abuse of children from police investigations? Aaron Smale unravels an extraordinary paper trail.

Newsroom.co.nz

UN chief urges China to 'take on board' Xinjiang recommendations

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations head Antonio Guterres urged China Thursday to follow the recommendations of a UN report that found credible allegations of torture and forced labor in Xinjiang province.

AFP

Top corruption prosecutor held in jail as Guatemalan elite bids to purge foes

Virginia Laparra detained in conditions ‘bordering on torture’, which supporters say is retaliation for her efforts to fight corruption

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China slams UN report alleging litany of rights abuses in Xinjiang

Beijing (AFP) - China on Thursday accused the United Nations of becoming a "thug and accomplice of the US and the West" after the global body released a highly anticipated report warning crimes against humanity may have taken place in the Xinjiang region.

The Independent UK

Rwanda flight migrants ‘include victims of torture and human trafficking’

Out of the 17 people that doctors conducted clinical assessments for, 14 showed evidence of having been tortured and six were survivors of trafficking

AFP

UN report lists litany of rights abuses in China's Xinjiang

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations released a major report into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region Wednesday, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity but stopping short of calling it genocide.

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United Nations report finds discriminatory detention in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity

The long-awaited report from the UN's human rights office calls for an urgent international response over allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing's campaign to root out terrorism.

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Bombshell UN Xinjiang report lists litany of rights abuses

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations released a bombshell report into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region late Wednesday, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Rights Organization Documents Houthi Torture of Over 17,000 Detainees

A Yemeni human rights organization documented the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ torture of more than 17,000 prisoners since their coup in Yemen in September 2014. In a report marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Yemeni Organization for Prisoners and Abductees said the Houthis tortured to death 178…

Daily Mirror

Moment thugs tie up, torture and kill endangered bear cub while cops laugh on

WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT A video of a group of thugs torturing a bear cub in Mexico has gone viral as police were seen laughing - Mexico's Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection says it is investigating

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Mental torture for us’: A year after fleeing Afghanistan, refugees in Chicago anguish over unclear future

Since last August, about 2,500 Afghans have resettled in Illinois. Many face huge hurdles in finding jobs, difficulty resolving their immigration status and uncertainty that some fear will have a long-term impact on their health.

The Hindu

National Human Rights Commission asks Assam to submit report on custodial death of Nagaland man

E. Henveih Phom died in Sivasagar district’s Gelekey allegedly due to torture by the police on August 21.

AAP

Qld parishioner charged with rape, torture

A church member has been charged with the rape and torture of teenage boys in Queensland, with police to allege the man abused his position within the parish.

360info

How the Bahrain judicial system fails its migrant workers

From labour exploitation to torturous conditions in confinement, the rights of foreign workers facing the death penalty in Bahrain are often neglected.

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