Ukraine finds evidence of torture on bodies exhumed from Izyum burial site Ukraine says three more grave sites have been located in areas retaken by Ukrainian forces. The Independent UK · Sep 23, 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
COUNTERPOINT: Two plus two make five in Biden’s student loan handout Someone once said that if you torture the data long enough, it will confess. Even still, it is difficult to manipulate the data to the point where you can justify the White House’s student loan handout. Simply put, the numbers do not add up. Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022
Ukrainian prosecutors investigate evidence of Russian torture chambers As Ukrainian forces have regained territory in the east, evidence of torture chambers used under Russian occupation has come to light. France 24 · Sep 22, 2022
'Grotesque' torturer kidnapped dad and poured boiling water on genitals in 12-hour ordeal Anthony Richardson, 29, was part of a gang who snatched a rival from the street and tortured him for 12 hours Manchester Evening News · Sep 21, 2022
Woman dated one of Britain's most wanted with no idea he tortured dad to death Stella Paris spoke for the first time about her experience living with a man she imagined spending the rest of her life with before discovering he was a brutal killer Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022
Filipino victims: Justice elusive decades after martial law Survivors of torture and other atrocities under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos are marking his martial law declaration 50 years ago by pressing their demand for justice and apology from his son, who is now the president in a stunning reversal of his family's fortunes The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022
Ukrainian ex-serviceman claims Russians tortured him in eastern city of Izium Alexander Glushko says he spent the last fortnight of the Russian occupation of his hometown of Izium in northeast Ukraine jailed by Russian soldiers in the dank ruins of a police station where he was tortured with electric wires. Reuters · Sep 21, 2022
Reuters · Sep 21, 2022 Cambodian police raid alleged cybercrime trafficking compounds Cambodian authorities said raids are underway this week at suspected cybercrime compounds across the Southeast Asian country, uncovering evidence of human trafficking, illegal confinement and torture.
ABC News · Sep 21, 2022 Former Australian hostage Kylie Moore-Gilbert launches legal action against Iran’s president Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was secretly tried and imprisoned by Iranian authorities for more than two years, launches legal action against Iran's president alleging he violated torture conventions.
Reuters · Sep 20, 2022 Venezuela's state security agencies repress oppositions through arbitrary arrests, torture -UN Venezuela's state security agencies use arbitrary arrests and torture, which represent crimes against humanity, to repress the country's opposition in a plan directed by President Nicolas Maduro, according to a United Nations report published on Tuesday.
Liverpool Echo · Sep 20, 2022 Mafia syndicate linked to torture and murder arrested across Ibiza, Malaga and Tenerife Spanish police arrested 32 suspects in connection with large scale drug trafficking and money laundering
Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2022 Mahsa Amini: UN calls for inquiry into Iranian woman’s death UN says Amini’s death and allegations of torture must be ‘promptly’ investigated, but Iran’s police deny she was beaten.
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · 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 Record · Sep 19, 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 Mirror · Sep 18, 2022 Horror as 10 torture chambers 'like the Nazis used' left by Russians in Ukraine President Zelensky revealed the horrific discoveries had been made after areas of Ukraine had been liberated from Russian occupation
Al Jazeera · Sep 17, 2022 EU calls for war crimes tribunal over Ukraine mass graves EU presidency calls for formation of international tribunal for war crimes after some 450 graves found outside Izyum.
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 Izyum mass grave latest in alleged Russian atrocities meted out to Ukrainians Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians as well as committing war crimes in Ukraine