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Morning Mail: ex-soldier exposes traumatic torture survival course, Italy votes, voice campaign begins

Monday: a former soldier has filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission with disturbing allegations. Plus: the top 10 strangest kids shows

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2022

Australian soldier alleges torture survival course involved simulated child rape and left him with PTSD

The defence force’s alleged handling of the training course prompted a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2022

Brit captured by Russians beaten, stabbed and forced to listen to Soviet music all day

Aiden Aslin was one of five Brits recently released from captivity by Russian-backed forces and he has revealed the horrific ordeal he went through including torture and being stabbed

Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022

Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, say UN investigators

Investigating teams reported evidence of executions, torture and sexual violence in civilian areas

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Moment mum who faked her own kidnapping to hide at ex's house is confronted by police

Sherri Papini vanished for 20 days back in 2016 before mysteriously reappearing, claiming to have been kidnapped and tortured - but police rumbled her web of lies

Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022

A year after border crisis, Haitian asylum seekers face discriminatory treatment, report says

Haitians crossing the southern border of the United States without proper documentation are being subjected to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill treatment that amounts to race-based torture, Amnesty International says in a new report marking the first anniversary of the migration crisis at the U.S. border in Del…

Miami Herald · Sep 23, 2022

Many POWs freed by Russia had suffered torture - senior Ukraine official

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence said on Thursday the percentage of released Ukrainian prisoners of war who had suffered torture while in Russian detention was "rather high".

Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

In a retaken border village, Ukrainians point to signs of Russian abuse of civilians

Villagers describe allegations of abuse and officials say they found a torture chamber in Kozacha Lopan, in the Kharkiv region, which Russian forces invaded and took over at the start of the war.

WEKU · Sep 22, 2022

'My heart is broken', says mum of Manchester aid worker killed in Ukraine as British prisoners released by pro-Russia forces

The body of Paul Urey, 45, showed signs of 'unspeakable torture' after he died in captivity

Manchester Evening News · Sep 22, 2022

Dad had boiling water poured over him during 'grotesque' 12-hour torture ordeal

Anthony Richardson, 29, abducted the victim from a street close to his home before subjecting him to a 12-hour campaign of torture.

Daily Record · Sep 22, 2022