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Ukrainian boy held hostage by Russia tells of cleaning up torture rooms

Vladislav Buryak was kept for 90 days and describes people screaming and a room with bloodstains and soaked bandages

The Guardian - UK

My name is Brian: the prisoner whose treatment put Switzerland on trial

Swiss tabloids portray Brian Keller as a monster called ‘Carlos’. UN torture experts say he has been traumatised by isolation and systemic racism

The Guardian - UK

Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

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Italy's top court: murder trial of Egyptians can't proceed

Italy's top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors' efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the torture and slaying of an Italian student

The Independent UK

Fourteen killed as ‘Narcos’ drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero captured in Mexico

Mexican military forces have captured notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who was previously jailed for the torture and murder of a US drug enforcement agent in 1985.

Evening Standard

British aid worker was ‘tortured to death’, claims human rights group

Paul Urey, 45, died in captivity last Sunday claim pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region of Ukraine and human rights campaigner Vladimir Osechkin said he was "tortured to death"

Daily Mirror

Old Lexus And BMW Engines Drained Of Oil, Torture Tested To Death

Both cars are over 20 years old and both have V8s under the hood. But one significantly outlasts the other.

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UN urged to move Cop27 from Egypt over ‘LGBTQ+ torture’

US adviser to the White House and partner call on UN to move climate change summit over fears they would be targeted

The Guardian - US

Woman pregnant with baby 'incompatible with life' describes torture of abortion ban

The 21-year-old says her booked termination was instantly cancelled following the Roe vs Wade reversal on June 26 with her unborn baby suffering daily seizures inside her

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership candidate says she will ‘eliminate’ right to protection from torture and inhuman treatment

Suella Braverman says Article 3 ties government’s hands on deportations to Rwanda

The Independent UK

Ex-Gambian spies get death sentence for killing activist under Jammeh

Political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng died after torture and beating in detention for leading a peaceful march.

Al Jazeera

Swedish court sentences ex-Iranian official to life for torture, murder

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.

Reuters

Andhra Pradesh: Varla demands apology from CID over ‘custodial torture’

Two persons were allegedly picked up for sharing a post on Vijayamma

The Hindu

Britons accuse UAE of torture before U.N. committee

Two British men who had been detained in the United Arab Emirates gave evidence before a U.N. committee on torture on Tuesday, with one saying he was subjected to solitary confinement and the other abuse with an electric shock baton.

Reuters

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Daily Record

Scots employee from hell pulled loaded shotgun on boss and tortured him with dog chain

Ronald McLennan tortured boss Ian Robertson with a dog chain and threatened him with a loaded shotgun in a two decade long reign of terror

Evening Standard

Cameron Norrie’s dad says watching Wimbledon quarter-final win ‘torture’

Cameron Norrie’s father has said watching the British No1’s dramatic Wimbledon quarter-final win was “torture”.

The Independent UK

Cameron Norrie’s father opens up on ‘torture’ of watching Wimbledon quarter-final

David Norrie, a microbiologist originally from Glasgow, said he struggled to watch the final points of his son’s match on Tuesday

Tribune News Service

Rabbit rescue president charged after authorities find 47 dead bunnies in Minnesota barn

MINNEAPOLIS — The president of a nationally known rabbit rescue nonprofit has been charged with felony animal cruelty and torture after 47 dead rabbits were found by authorities in a feces-filled Savage barn last week.

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A statement designed to heal causes more hurt

A psychiatric body makes a belated and bungled apology over child torture in the 1970s

Al Jazeera

Algeria’s war for independence: 60 years on

Algerians remember the struggle to gain their freedom from French colonialism – and the example it sets for today.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson says Indian government is arbitrarily detaining Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal.

Almost five years on, Jagtar has not stood trial in any of the cases against him and alleges the was beaten, electrocuted and tortured while in initial custody.

The Hindu

Woman brutally tortured, publicly humiliated in Dewas

The incident comes a day after another tribal woman was set ablaze in Guna.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Naidu alleges torture of accused in CID custody in fake letter case

TDP president appeals to DGP to suspend officials concerned for violation of apex court orders

Reuters

Palestinians torture detained critics, rights group says

Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza arbitrarily arrest and systematically torture critics and opponents, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said.

The Independent UK

Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity

An international rights group says Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity

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