The Latest Breaking News from Torture

Ukrainian boy held hostage by Russia tells of cleaning up torture rooms

Vladislav Buryak was kept for 90 days and describes people screaming and a room with bloodstains and soaked bandages

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

My name is Brian: the prisoner whose treatment put Switzerland on trial

Swiss tabloids portray Brian Keller as a monster called ‘Carlos’. UN torture experts say he has been traumatised by isolation and systemic racism

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 16, 2022

UN urged to move Cop27 from Egypt over ‘LGBTQ+ torture’

US adviser to the White House and partner call on UN to move climate change summit over fears they would be targeted

The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2022

Woman pregnant with baby 'incompatible with life' describes torture of abortion ban

The 21-year-old says her booked termination was instantly cancelled following the Roe vs Wade reversal on June 26 with her unborn baby suffering daily seizures inside her

Daily Mirror · Jul 14, 2022

Tory leadership candidate says she will ‘eliminate’ right to protection from torture and inhuman treatment

Suella Braverman says Article 3 ties government’s hands on deportations to Rwanda

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Ex-Gambian spies get death sentence for killing activist under Jammeh

Political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng died after torture and beating in detention for leading a peaceful march.

Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2022

Swedish court sentences ex-Iranian official to life for torture, murder

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.

Reuters · Jul 14, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Varla demands apology from CID over ‘custodial torture’

Two persons were allegedly picked up for sharing a post on Vijayamma

The Hindu · Jul 12, 2022

Britons accuse UAE of torture before U.N. committee

Two British men who had been detained in the United Arab Emirates gave evidence before a U.N. committee on torture on Tuesday, with one saying he was subjected to solitary confinement and the other abuse with an electric shock baton.

Reuters · Jul 12, 2022