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Ukraine war - live: Russia ‘almost certainly’ buying weapons from Iran and North Korea amid supply shortages

Allegations of Russian torture emerge in liberated Kharkiv region

The Independent UK

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders flee Crimea, Kyiv claims – as it happened

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders in south ‘urgently resettling families’, Ukraine claims

The Guardian - AU

Prosecutors seek 35-year prison term for Kosovo ex-rebel accused of torture

War crimes prosecutors called on Monday for a former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla commander to be sentenced to 35 years in prison for allegedly running a "torture chamber" during the 1998-99 independence conflict with Serbia.

Reuters

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Life in Kharkiv still precarious despite Ukraine’s recent victories

Disruption to water and energy supplies is routine and the liberating troops have found bodies of civilians showing signs of torture

The Guardian - UK

3 Americans Sue Iran for Imprisoning Them on Espionage Charges

Three Americans who were jailed by Iran for more than a year and accused of being spies while hiking along the border with Iraq are suing their former captors, hoping to persuade a judge to award them damages for the torture they say they endured. The lawsuit is pursued by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Central African Republic: Under Russian influence

Since 2018, mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group, an effective secret army of the Kremlin, have been active in Central African Republic. They protect the impoverished country's regime in exchange for valuable mineral resources and deploy a massive propaganda campaign to cover up the massacres, rapes and torture they are accused…

France 24

Russia is preventing access to Ukraine war prisoners, UN says

The head of the U.N. human rights mission in Ukraine said on Friday that Russia is not allowing access to prisoners of war, adding that the U.N. had evidence that some had been subject to torture and ill-treatment which could amount to war crimes.

Reuters

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UK insists it is 'not looking the other way' over Jagtar Singh Johal detention

ACCUSATIONS the UK has chosen to “look the other way” over the detention and alleged torture of Jagtar Singh Johal have been rejected by a…

The National (Scotland)

Body of captured British aid worker shows signs of 'unspeakable torture'

The British aid worker, who lived in Warrington, died in captivity in July

Liverpool Echo

Body of Brit aid worker captured by Russian separatists in Ukraine ‘shows signs of torture’

Paul Urey died while being held by separatists forces in July, the human rights ombudsperson for the Kremlin-supported leadership in Donetsk stated.

Daily Record

Paul Urey: Briton captured by Russia possibly suffered ‘unspeakable torture’, says Ukraine

Paul Urey, 45, was reported to have died in captivity in July.

Evening Standard

Body of Manchester aid worker captured in Ukraine shows signs of 'unspeakable torture'

Paul Urey, 45, was captured whilst volunteering in the war-torn country in April

Manchester Evening News

British aid worker’s body shows signs of ‘unspeakable torture’, Ukraine says

‘He was a brave man who dedicated himself to saving people’

The Independent UK

Brit aid worker ‘suffered unspeakable torture by Russians with missing limbs’

Brit aid worker Paul Urey died after being held by Russian-supported separatist groups in eastern Ukraine and his body has been returned with "possible unspeakable torture" said Ukraine's foreign minister

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The Independent UK

Body of British aid worker held by Russian separatists ‘shows signs of torture’

Paul Urey, 45, was reported to have died in captivity in July.

The Guardian - UK

Body of British aid worker captured by Russian proxies shows ‘signs of torture’

Paul Urey was charged with ‘mercenary activities’ by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, who say he died of ‘stress’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson accused of intelligence tipoff that led to British Sikh’s alleged torture in India

Labour raises questions in the Commons over Johnson’s alleged actions as foreign secretary in the case of activist Jagtar Singh Johal

The National (Scotland)

UK Government refuses to comment on alleged tip-off that led to Scottish Sikh's arrest

THE UK Government has refused to comment on allegations MI5 and MI6 supplied information that led to the abduction and alleged torture of Scottish…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Hindu

Woman found dead at husband’s house in Kannur

Relatives allege torture by spouse and mother-in-law

The Guardian - UK

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

InsideEVs

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Daily Mirror

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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