The Latest Breaking News from Torture

Dubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile

Across the world, scores of countries still require transgender people to submit to sterilizing surgeries before their genders are legally recognized

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Jailed Egyptian hunger striker had medical intervention: Family

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s family fear prison officials in Egypt have force-fed him, which they say would amount to torture.

Al Jazeera · Nov 10, 2022

Turks risk losing Europe's human rights protections after court spurned

Nebahat Akkoc says her life began afresh after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2000 that she had suffered torture while in Turkish custody, emboldening her and others to carry on their fight for women's rights.

Reuters · Nov 10, 2022

‘Fake encounters’ with Pakistani forces lead to torture and death

Outcry is growing in Balochistan over the number of people abducted by security officials who often disappear forever

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Sat alone, terrified and scared - heartbreaking footage of boy tortured by his evil mum and stepdad before they murdered him

Sebastian Kalinowski suffered relentless torture and psychological abuse before his tragic death

Manchester Evening News · Nov 4, 2022

Qld couple in court on baby murder charge

A couple charged with murder and torture over the death of their seven-month-old boy have had their matters heard in a Brisbane court.

AAP · Nov 4, 2022

Queensland parents Ryan Bosch and Noemi Kondacs face Brisbane court, charged with murder, torture of baby boy

Reinhardt (Ryan) Albert Bosch and Noemi Kondacs appeared in a Brisbane court on Friday, charged with murder and torture, after police found their seven-month-old boy dead in what they described as a "confronting" scene.

ABC News · Nov 3, 2022

Mum and boyfriend who murdered son, 15, in campaign of torture are jailed for 39 years

Teenager Sebastian Kalinowski died of an infection caused by "untreated complications of multiple rib fractures" at his home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in August last year

Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022

Family of Scot unlawfully detained in India hold Downing Street protest

THE family of a Scottish man who was abducted and allegedly tortured in India will hold a demonstration outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday to…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 3, 2022

Man tortured in Drogheda feud was 'driving gas cylinders to house’ on night of horror abduction

Gardai also believe associates of Owen Maguire were responsible for ordering the car to be driven to the house

Irish Mirror · Nov 3, 2022