The Latest Breaking News from Torture

Cops probing crime gang selling sick movies of monkey torture arrest woman in Scotland

The 37-year-old was detained over videos of animal abuse filmed in Asia.

Daily Record · Jun 18, 2023

Humza Yousaf urges Rishi Sunak to ask for immediate release of Scots man imprisoned in India

Jagtar Singh Johal's family say he has been tortured, including through electric shocks, and faces the death penalty over his activism and campaigning for Sikh human rights.

Daily Record · Jun 17, 2023

Johnson vows to ‘rebuild the social contract’ with Black Chicago, starting by building memorial to Burge torture victims

“Under my watch, we will make sure that the brutal history of police brutality is fully addressed,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Friday said before the Juneteenth flag was raised in Daley Center Plaza.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

'Kyna had a grinder in her hand': Mount Hutton backyard torture trial hears from convicted captor

The woman has said she was so scared when the grinder started that she wet her pants.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 13, 2023

Rape and torture: Transgender women open up about their suffering under Argentina's dictatorship

Almost all of Argentina suffered during the bloody dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Harassed by cops, civil services aspirant in Lucknow ends life

LUCKNOW: A 22-year-old Civil Services aspirant ended his life following alleged torture and bullying by two police sub-inspectors and a constable in Rahimabad police station area on Sunday.

The Times of India · Jun 11, 2023

Operation Kenova costs police over £37m since its launch

The operation is investigating the involvement of an alleged British state agent in murders, kidnap and torture.

Belfast Live · Jun 10, 2023

Cuban refugee escaping torture shocked by 'inhumane' immigration detention centre hell

Manuel Vega was detained and tortured by police in Cuba. He told the Mirror he was "shocked and terrified" to suffer the same treatment in the US while seeking asylum, where he was supposed to be protected

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2023

Rights group says Myanmar's military rulers have cracked down on lawyers, abused legal system

A human rights organization says lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even torture

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

'Take her arms off': alleged victim gives evidence in Mount Hutton torture shed trial

'I knew instantly I had made a mistake. I should not have come here.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 8, 2023