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20 Years Ago, A Controversial Thriller Launched A New Era of Extreme Hollywood Horror

Eli Roth's 'Hostel' took gross-out horror to its bloodiest extreme, and inadvertently birthed a new era for the genre.

Inverse

Syria’s mass graves haunt loved ones a year on from fall of Assad, as hunt for clues finally gets underway

SPECIAL REPORT: Syria has not yet begun a wide-scale search for those missing after the country was gutted by autocratic rule, civil war and crippling sanctions, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew in Sayyida Zeinab, southeast Syria

The Independent UK

The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is no match for an extreme torture test — here's what it says about durability

JerryRigEverything puts the Galaxy Z TriFold through a series of endurance and durability tests on camera.

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CBS Reportedly Tried to Cover Up Story on Trump Sending Migrants to Be 'Tortured' In El Salvador

New CBS News chief Bari Weiss faces internal rebellion after spiking an investigative report on the torture of deported migrants in El Salvador's CECOT prison.

International Business Times UK

Ecuadorian court hands down max sentences to 11 soldiers in case of 4 disappeared minors

A court in Ecuador has sentenced eleven soldiers to 34 years in prison for the abduction and torture of four children last year

The Independent UK

‘I was a British PoW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine and the West can win this war’

WORLD OF TROUBLE: Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the ‘World of Trouble’ podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Iranian boxing champion at imminent risk of execution as retrial request rejected

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, 30, was arrested in 2020 for taking part in nationwide democracy protests, and has been tortured in prison

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The Housemaid Movie's Ending Is Different From The Book. Why I Actually Like It Better

And, what an ending it is!

Cinemablend

Jim Carrey had to go through…torture training to play the Grinch??

2025 marks 25 years since Ron Howard’s live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas changed our lives forever. In honor of the anniversary, Vulture published an oral history about the making of the film. In it, the cast and crew go behind the scenes about what is still possibly one of…

The Mary Sue

An Indiana man disappears before a video showing his torture appears online. But it’s not what it seems, cops allege

Some people go to great lengths to avoid consequences.

We Got This Covered

Jim Carrey wanted to leave The Grinch and give back his $20 million payday, until a torture specialist helped him

To say the actor had a rough time on set would be the understatement of the year

Total Film

Woman who fled rape and torture in DRC wins UK citizenship case after Home Office U-turn

Victory thought to be first under new policy that normally refuses applicants such as refugees who enter illegally

The Guardian - UK

The Traitors' Charlotte Chilton says brain surgery is needed to end 'Physical Torture'

“The Traitors” star Charlotte Chilton shares hospital photo and reveals she’s undergoing brain surgery for severe facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia

The Fashion Central

Sisters of 11-year-old California girl allegedly starved to death by adoptive family awarded $31.5M

Arabella McCormack died in August 2022 after being allegedly tortured by adoptive family

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International Business Times UK

Another Crypto Trader Tortured and Executed Over His Digital Wallet – How Many Have Been Killed in 2025?

A crypto trader in Spain has allegedly been tortured and killed in a brutal attempt to steal his digital wallet, marking yet another violent case in 2025. With kidnappings and coercive attacks on crypto holders rising worldwide, how many more victims have already been claimed this year?

International Business Times UK

Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Revealed Torture, Enforced Disappearances of Immigrants

A damning report by Amnesty International exposed the 'cruel' and 'inhumane' conditions immigrant detainees are being subject to in two detention centres in Florida.

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Independent UK

Hopes British grandfather jailed in Dubai could be freed before Christmas

Mr Douglas has allegedly experienced torture while behind bars in the United Arab Emirates capital

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Rights groups warn against UK plans to weaken torture protections in ECHR

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s a son of a bitch – but he’s usually right’: why did Seymour Hersh quit the film about his earth-shattering exposés?

He is the prickly, hotheaded journalist who uncovered the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and torture at Abu Ghraib prison. Finishing Cover-Up, a film about his astonishing life and countless scoops, was never going to be easy

Latin Times

Alligator Alcatraz 'Meets the Definition of Torture Under International Law', Amnesty International Claims

"People have to stay there for hours shackled and denied food and water as a form of punishment," said the organization's director for refugee and migrant rights

International Business Times UK

Amnesty International Uncovers Nightmarish 'Box Cells' At Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Facility

Amnesty International documents alleged torture, 'box' confinement and systemic abuses at Florida's Everglades 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Krome detention centre.

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‘Torture, conspiracy, assault’: Mother and stepdad of missing pregnant woman charged, and the list of accusations keeps getting worse

The case took a dark turn.

International Business Times UK

Channel 4's Myanmar Scam Documentary Forces You to Feel Empathy for Your Scammers

Channel 4 investigation reveals Myanmar scam compounds using trafficked workers under torture threat to steal billions from victims worldwide.

Euronews

Russia's push for war crimes immunity 'cannot be accepted,’ freed Ukrainian POW tells Euronews

Ukrainian journalist and one of the country's most prominent human rights activists, Maksym Butkevych, spent more than two years in Russian captivity. He told Euronews Moscow is deliberately trying to avoid inevitable responsibility.

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