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UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics

Exclusive: Draft security bill would let spies and ministers enable killings and torture, warn charity and ex-minister

The Guardian - UK

Jharkhand: Bride murdered over dowry by inserting iron rod into private parts

RAMGARH: A 19-year-old woman, married for barely six months in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, was brutally tortured for dowry by her inlaws and later killed by inserting a hot iron rod into her private parts, police and family members said on Thursday.

The Times of India

Mumbai court awards convict death penalty for rape, torture and murder of woman

The 32-year-old woman was raped and assaulted inside a tempo in suburban Mumbai’s Sakinaka

The Hindu

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Home Office cancels flight to deport Kurdish failed asylum seekers to Iraq

Campaigners against flight say Kurdish Iraqis had endured ‘unnecessary torture in pursuit of headlines’

The Guardian - UK

UN Experts: Libya's Security Threatened by Foreign Fighters

Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law, UN experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. The experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'No right to property if parents tortured', says Haridwar SDM Puran Singh Rana

HARIDWAR: At a time when ageing has become a social challenge wherein many elderly people are exposed to emotional neglect and lack of physical and financial support because of their children, a ruling by the Haridwar sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) court has come in favour of those parents who experienced "torture"…

The Times of India

Gambian government says it will prosecute exiled ex-ruler Jammeh

Yahya Jammeh has been accused of murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed in his more than 20-year rule.

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Deep in the paradox

In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon.…

Bangkok Post

James Bulger's dad wants to tell Jon Venables why he should never be freed to his face

Ralph Bulger wants Jon Venables to hear how the horrifying abduction, torture and murder of his son has shattered him and his family

Liverpool Echo

Dad of murdered tot James Bulger wants to face Jon Venables to tell him why he should never be freed

Ralph Bulger, the father of murdered tot James Bulger, wants Jon Venables to hear how the terrifying abduction, torture and murder of his young son, aged two, in 1993 has shattered him and his family.

Daily Record

Conversations With Friends portrays the true torture of endometriosis in women

The condition, which affects 1 in 10 women globally, was originally highlighted in the Sally Rooney novel

Dublin Live

Uttar Pradesh: Woman accuses husband, in-laws of forced conversion, harassment

LUCKNOW: A woman has accused her husband and in-laws of forcing her to convert to Islam and subjecting her to physical and mental torture in Ambedkarnagar.

The Times of India

Filing: Chicago 'two-faced' on acknowledging police abuse

Community leaders say the city of Chicago pursues a “two-faced” strategy of acknowledging an ugly history of police brutality in public while directing its lawyers to deny that legacy in court when victims sue

The Independent UK

Residents horrified as 'tortured' bird gutted and set on fire in evil act of cruelty

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. A reward has been offered for information about the cruel incident amid concerns that it is connected with a worrying TikTok trend.

Daily Record

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HRW documents ‘apparent war crimes’ by Russian forces in Ukraine

Leading US-based rights group says Russian forces had subjected civilians to summary executions, torture in two regions.

The Independent UK

‘Executions, torture and disappearances’: HRW accuses Russia over war crimes in Ukraine

Report published on same day as Russian soldier faces war crimes charges in Kyiv court

ABC News

Human Rights Watch documents more accounts of Russian war crimes against Ukrainian civilians

A new Human Rights Watch report documents claims of torture, summary execution and other abuses of civilians by Russian forces in north-eastern Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

'Unkillable' Ukrainian shot and buried alive with tortured brothers crawls out of grave

Mykola Kulichenko, from the village of Vyshneve, just outside Kyiv in the Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast, was chucked into a grave alongside his older brother in March with Vladimir Putin's forces believing he was dead

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Lanarkshire thug jailed over 'slave' charges 'sets up illegal campsite' where his crime clan held victims

Steven, Robert and James McPhee were jailed in 2018 on charges of abduction, assault, torture and holding people 'in servitude'

Daily Mirror

Google Maps hides house on ordinary street after women endure sickening torture

Address in Ohio where evil kidnapper imprisoned and brutally abused three young women for more than a 10 years has been scratched off the map by global search giant

Daily Record

Scots hood 'sets up illegal campsite' near farm where his crime clan kept men as slaves

Steven McPhee and his family, including father Robert and brother James, were jailed for a total of 29 years in 2018 on charges of abduction, assault, torture and holding people “in servitude”.

The Independent UK

Three-year-old girl died after California church allegedly carried out ‘exorcism’ on her

Mother, uncle, grandfather held down girl and tried to make her vomit in 12 hours of torture, authorities say

Reuters

France investigates Interpol chief over allegations of complicity with torture

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into global police agency Interpol president Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi over allegations that he may have been an accomplice to torture, an official said.

The Guardian - UK

Two Britons testify against Interpol chief in UAE torture claim

Matthew Hedges and Ali Issa Ahmad allege Ahmed Naser al-Raisi was responsible for abuse in detention

Zenger

Times Up: Pensioner Who Killed His Millionaire Widow Lover Likely To Die In Jail

A 78-year-old crook who tortured and murdered an 84-year-old millionaire he claimed was his lover is likely to die in jail, judges have ruled.

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