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'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2023

War crimes tribunal centres on how much former Kosovan president knew

Once feted by Tony Blair and Madeleine Albright, Hashim Thaçi stands accused in The Hague of complicity in torture and murder

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023

Monkey torture videos prompt drive to include animals in Online Safety Bill

Exclusive: Ministers urged to crack down after spread of graphic cruelty clips on Facebook and other social media

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Report shows ‘astonishing’ depravity in sexual abuse of more than 600 in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A four-year investigation of Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese reveals the scope of 80 years of child sex abuse and torture and how church officials often covered it up and, in some cases, paved the way for further abuse.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023

France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity

French judges charge three senior advisers to Bashar al-Assad with complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Al Jazeera · Apr 5, 2023

Public executions and torture: ‘The Taliban have reverted to their true nature’

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…

France 24 · Apr 4, 2023

John Oliver: ‘Putting people in solitary is torture, so let’s stop’

The Last Week Tonight host condemns the use of solitary confinement, a practice deemed torture by the UN, in US prisons

The Guardian - US · Apr 3, 2023

'Nobody is above the law:' Kosovo ex-president's trial opens

Kosovo’s former president has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder, torture and persecution as he went on trial with three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

Kosovo’s Former President Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes Charges

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on Monday pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial opened at a special court in The Hague. Allegations of persecution, murder, torture and forced disappearance of people stem from the 1998-99 insurgency that eventually brought independence…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2023

The brutal Edinburgh public torture device used on those guilty of 'gossiping'

Those wandering past Duddingston Kirk may notice a rusty old collar and chain attached to the external wall and wonder what it was used for. Well, the history behind it is a very unusual one indeed.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 2, 2023