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Russian soldier brags about torturing Ukrainians to his mum in leaked phone call

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A Russian man, named by Konstantin by the Ukrainian military, was recorded discussing torture techniques and the number of people he has murdered while in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Two Fine Gael Senators travel to Ukraine to witness war atrocities

It’s understood the two Senators are due to visit mass graves in Bucha, where Russia have been accused of murder, rape and torture of civilians

Irish Mirror

'Our blood is boiling': Victims angry as son of dictator closes in on Philippine presidency

Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the late Philippines' dictator Ferdinand Marcos's brutal era of martial law.

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Alexei Navalny fears he'll be sent to Russian 'torture prison' known for sexual violence

WARNING, DISTURBING: Vladimir Putin's political foe is currently serving a prison sentence in a less harsh jail, but fears he could be sent to the notorious Melekhovo colony

Daily Mirror

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes ‘faced systematic brutality amounting to torture’

Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes are among five killers having their sentences reviewed.

The Independent UK

Creepy house with hidden torture chamber cave in basement goes on market

This incredible property in Pennsylvania, US, has just hit the market - with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a basement cave that Facebook users have said looks like a "torture chamber"

Daily Mirror

Daughter of Robert Pether, jailed and feared tortured in Iraq, asks Scott Morrison to intervene in his case

Nala, 9, takes to social media to call on the Australian government to give more help to her father, who has been locked up in a Baghdad prison for more than a year.

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World Press Freedom Day: RSF reveals mixed rankings in Africa

In tonight's edition: Human Rights Watch accuses Russian private security forces invited into Central African Republic of killing civilians. We speak to the daughter of Rwandan opposition figure Paul Rusesabagina. The “Hotel Rwanda” hero's family has filed a $400 million lawsuit against Kigali over alleged kidnapping and torture. And our…

France 24

Top German court reject's Syrian's appeal in torture case

Germany’s top court says it has rejected the appeal of a former members of Syria’s secret police who was convicted last year of facilitating the torture of prisoners in his home country

The Independent UK

Top German Court Rejects Syrian's Appeal in Torture Case

Germany's top court said Tuesday that it has rejected the appeal of a former member of Syria's secret police who was convicted last year of facilitating the torture of prisoners in his home country. In a landmark ruling, a court in the western German city of Koblenz had convicted Eyad…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The family of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero files US law suit over his alleged abduction

The family of "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina announced at the weekend that they have filed a $400 million lawsuit in the United States over his alleged abduction and torture.

Radio France Internationale

Zelensky says he’s had 10 attempts on his life: ‘It means there’s only 10 people willing to have me killed’

‘That’s not bad, when people are being tortured, when the bodies of people are found in wells’

The Independent UK

Family of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero sues Rwandan government for kidnapping and torture

Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1,200 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan government convicted him of terrorism in a trial that human rights groups call a sham.

WEKU

Chechen troops 'execute wounded RUSSIAN soldiers and operate torture chamber near Bucha'

The Kadyrovtsy, used as a PR tool in Russian President Vladimir Putin's deadly war, allegedly murdered their own comrades and 'operated a torture chamber' in Bucha

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How the barbaric lessons learned in Syria came to haunt one small Ukrainian village

West of Kyiv, a Russian unit led by Syria veterans set up camp and began a drunken, murderous campaign

Reuters

Kyiv police find three bound men they say were executed by Russian occupiers

Ukrainian police said on Saturday they had found the bodies of three civilian men in the Bucha district north of Kyiv, bound and in some cases gagged, with several gunshot wounds that police said indicated they had been tortured.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Beatle' Gets Life Sentence for ISIS Beheadings

Alexanda Kotey, part of the ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," was sentenced to life in prison Friday, with relatives of victims addressing him and another member directly in the US court. Kotey, a 38-year-old former British national, pleaded guilty in September, admitting his role in the deaths of…

The Hindu

Tribal man dies within a day of judicial custody in Tiruvannamalai

The family refuses to accept the body of Thangamani, alleging police torture and demanding a probe

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UK sends war crimes experts to investigate rapes, torture and deaths in Ukraine

Britain will send experts including on sexual violence to help Ukraine gather evidence which could be used to prosecute Vladimir Putin and his generals in the International Criminal Court

The Independent UK

Ukraine names 10 Russian soldiers accused of war crimes in Bucha

Ukraine’s prosecutor general accuses soldiers of ‘torture of peaceful people’

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel faces first legal challenges as Rwanda refugee plan branded 'immoral'

Charity Freedom from Torture has warned the Home Office it could pursue a judicial review and demanded documents and risk assessments. Charity boss Sonya Sceats said the Rwanda plan is 'immoral'

Reuters

Russian returned home in prisoner swap with U.S. says he was tortured in Liberia

A Russian pilot who returned to Moscow from the United States this week as part of a prisoner swap said on Thursday he had been tortured in custody in Liberia before his extradition to America.

The Guardian - UK

I went through ‘conversion therapy’ – no trans person should face that torture again

To avoid more people suffering, the UK government must ban this abhorrent practice outright, not only for gay people

Chronicle Live

Murdered Jimmy Prout’s brother invited to crucial meeting about review into torture death

Eddie Prout hopes lessons can be learned after Domestic Homicide Review into vulnerable Jimmy's death is published

The Independent UK

Priti Patel facing High Court challenges over Rwanda plan for asylum seekers

Charities and the PCS union have taken the first steps towards legal action over the controversial policy.

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