The Latest Breaking News from Torture

The UN committee against torture has found Australia still has work to do

Content warning – this article discusses acts of violence, suicide, and deaths in custody.

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2022

ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in US

Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted the names, birth dates, nationalities and locations of more than 6,000 immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website this week.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 30, 2022

Queensland to change laws to allow United Nations physical access to mental health in-patient wards

More than a month after the UN's torture prevention body was denied access to sites where people were detained, new laws will be introduced in Queensland to give inspectors greater access.

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

Brother of Scots groom 'abducted and tortured' in India claims 'blood could be on UK Government's hands'

Gurpreet Singh Johal has expressed his terrifying fears that his brother Jagtar, who is detained by the India authorities, could be subject to the death penalty.

Daily Record · Nov 30, 2022

Iran players sing national anthem after being told 'families face prison or torture'

Iran's players have been put under huge political pressure by their country's theocratic government amid huge protests - and they changed their national anthem stance

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Mum of woman who disappeared from yacht describes 'torture' of not knowing what happened

Sarm Heslop went missing from a catamaran owned and operated by her American boyfriend, Ryan Bane, in the US Virgin Islands last year

Wales Online · Nov 29, 2022

'Torture rooms' where prisoners electrocuted found in Kherson after Russians driven out

Russia surrendered Kherson more than two weeks ago, but as investigators move in they have discovered a number of rooms seemingly used to torture members of the Ukrainian population

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Ukraine investigates suspected Russian torture sites in liberated Kherson

Kyiv forces entered Kherson on 11 November after the city endured eight months under Russian occupation

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Torture allegations mount in aftermath of Kherson occupation

Ukrainian authorities are investigating sites where torture allegedly took place in the city of Kherson

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

UK condemns ‘abhorrent’ torture of death row inmate in Saudi Arabia

Foreign Office minister says case of Hussein Abo al-Kheir raised ‘at highest level’ and demands end to executions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022