The Latest Breaking News from Torture

UN experts: Rights abuses continue in Maduro's Venezuela

Independent experts working with the U.N.‘s human rights body say Venezuelan authorities have failed to hold to account state-backed perpetrators of violations including arbitrary executions, sexual violence and torture of civilians

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Inside Russian torture chamber discovered as Ukrainians found with genitals hacked off

Mutilated and tortured Ukrainian civilians were among the 450 people found in makeshift graves in Izyum after a lightning counter-offensive saw thousands of Russian soldiers flee the town

Daily Mirror · Sep 20, 2022

Russian torture chambers found in parts of Ukraine just liberated

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy compares Putin's forces to Nazis after investigators discover horrifying evidence of war crimes.

Daily Record · Sep 19, 2022

Morning mail: Putin meets Xi, asylum seeker handcuffs ‘torture’, nuclear sub timeline

Friday: Chinese and Russian leaders meet for first time since invasion of Ukraine. Plus: the seven female stereotypes in advertising

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2022

Senate doesn’t have to release full CIA torture report, judge rules

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate does not have to release its full report detailing the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation and detention program following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 15, 2022

Call for UN torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s handcuffing of asylum seekers en route to medical care

Detainees report feeling humiliated sitting in handcuffs in waiting rooms during medical appointments

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2022

'I want to lay him to rest' - Murdered Jimmy Prout's brother still waiting to scatter his ashes

Eddie Prout says he won't say his final goodbyes until he knows lessons have been learned over the torture killing

Chronicle Live · Sep 14, 2022

Ukrainians in liberated areas were ‘tortured with electric shocks by the Russians’

Evidence of Russiantorture of Ukrainians has emerged in areas liberated by a counter-offensive by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces.

Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2022

Retreating Russian troops in Kharkiv accused of torture by Ukrainians

Ukraine officials say they will seek evidence of alleged crimes

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Ukraine war - live: Zelensky praises troops on visit to newly liberated city

Russia ‘almost certainly’ buying weapons from Iran and North Korea, says MoD

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022