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Woman charged with murder of 12-year-old girl found stuffed in suitcase in Paris

A 24-year-old woman has been charged with murder, rape and torture after allegedly slitting the throat of a French schoolgirl and placing her defiled corpse inside a suitcase.

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022

Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools

Victims of abusive, government-backed Native American boarding schools are sharing their experiences as U

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

Canada Imposes New Iran Sanctions over Human Rights

Canada imposed new sanctions on Iran on Thursday in response to the government's human rights abuses and destabilizing actions, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The new sanctions list includes three entities and 17 people including longtime Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the ministry said. Others include Amir Hatami,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 14, 2022

Signs of torture on bodies found in Ukraine town liberated from Russia

In recaptured Lyman, Kim Sengupta finds evidence of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian commanders ready to administer their own justice

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Gene Collier: Four more weeks? Make it stop

Without torturing the point, just about anything outside of the various forms of torture banned by Article III of the Geneva Convention can be endured for four weeks.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

New NT laws to allow detention oversight

The Northern Territory parliament has passed laws to allow unfettered access to detention centres to reduce the risk of torture or other degrading treatment.

AAP · Oct 12, 2022

Attorneys: Inmate endured 'torture' during execution attempt

An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Wife of Scots cheese wire murder victim faced two decades of torture searching for answers over death

George 'Dod' Murdoch was working a night shift on Thursday, September 29, 1983, when was brutally strangled to death with cheese wire.

Daily Record · Oct 11, 2022

‘Barbaric’ practices still used in Victorian prisons, human rights advocates say

Andrews government urged to establish independent watchdog to comply with anti-torture obligations ratified by Australia in 2017

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2022

England asked to boycott World Cup opener and "refuse to give Iran global stage"

Iranian women face “daily harassment, arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment” and the recent death of Mahsa Amini has led to more than 130 protestors being killed - but FIFA have ignored campaigners' calls for expulsion

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022