The Latest Breaking News from Torture

The long-awaited anti-torture law is set to take effect next month. However, the Royal Thai Police is requesting a delay in its enforcement, citing a lack of readiness. The government must reject this request as it is a last-ditch effort to preserve the police's often violent interrogation tactics and culture…

Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Saturday at the end of a trip to the country.

No one should have to wait almost a year to find out if they have cancer, writes Record View.

A human rights watchdog called on Morocco on Friday not to extradite a Shi'ite Muslim to his homeland of Saudi Arabia, citing fears he could face torture and an unfair trial there.

Lawyers demand support from Australia for five victims of Khaled Sharrouf in test case for international law on torture survivors

The NGO Human Rights Watch has denounced murders, deaths in custody, enforced disappearances, and acts of torture linked to the clampdown against anti-governments demonstrations by the authorities in October.

The death of two Yemenis under torture in Houthi prisons sparked widespread human rights anger on Monday, amid accusations that the militias had killed 300 civilians abducted in the same way over the course of eight years. According to Yemeni human rights reports, one civilian and one military detainees died…

A 29-year-old Brisbane is accused of torturing and assaulting three children, including a five-year-old boy, who is in a coma.

Police have charged a man with grievous bodily harm and torture after three children were injured, one critically, southeast of Brisbane.

A Queensland man has been charged with 14 offences, including torture, after a five-year-old boy was found with critical injuries.

Juliet, 74, volunteer with Extinction Rebellion, meets Dennis, 73, retired service engineer