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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.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

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

Chronicle Live · Apr 28, 2022

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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.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Priti Patel asked for details of Rwanda policy ahead of possible legal challenge

The charity Freedom From Torture wrote to the Home Office on Wednesday requesting further information, with a view to bringing a High Court claim.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Priti Patel’s Rwanda asylum seeker plan faces first legal challenge

Charity Freedom from Torture says it has ‘serious concerns’ about lawfulness of policy

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022

'It’s an insult to Jimmy': Brother of torture victim's anger as killers’ accomplice set to be freed from prison

Kay Rayworth was jailed for 12 years for her role in brutal 2016 murder, in Percy Main, but will be freed next month

Chronicle Live · Apr 27, 2022

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CIA ‘queen of torture’ from Zero Dark Thirty is now an online beauty influencer

Alfreda Scheuer, played by Jessica Chastain in 2012 movie, has given herself career makeover to help ‘midlife women’, writes Justin Vallejo.

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

Inside abandoned swingers club with grimy torture dungeon and decaying 'playrooms'

Daniel Sims, 33, revealed inside La Chambre swingers club in Attercliffe, Sheffield, which once boasted 25,000 members who flocked to enjoy its "playrooms"

Daily Mirror · Apr 26, 2022

'Torture won't fix me' Protestors gather in Cardiff against transgender conversion therapy

The protest took place at the UK Government Hub at Central Square in Cardiff

Wales Online · Apr 26, 2022

Torture photos added to evidence in trial of alleged Dutch drug kingpin

Images show woman who looks like smuggler known as Godmother of the Coke, who disappeared in 2019

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

Wife of Australian man jailed and believed tortured in Iraq criticises federal government's response

The wife of an Australian man suspected of being tortured in an Iraqi jail dismisses assurances from the Foreign Minister that her husband has not been forgotten by the federal government.

ABC News · Apr 26, 2022

‘Women need to be ready’: the Ukrainian city where mums and daughters are learning to shoot

Reports of rape and torture by occupying Russian forces have driven thousands of women in Ivano-Frankivsk to enrol in firearms classes

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

Britain's Got Talent viewers say escapologist act was 'fake' as they spot unopened padlock

Escapologist Andrew Basso left BGT judge Simon Cowell open-mouthed as he performed Houdini's Chinese Water Torture Cell stunt

Chronicle Live · Apr 24, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2022

Mauritanian Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Sues Canada

A former Guantanamo detainee who spent 14 years without trial and whose story was told in the hit film "The Mauritanian," is suing Canada over its alleged role in his detention. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, 51, claims that Canadian authorities provided false information concerning the period when he was a permanent…

Bangkok Post · Apr 23, 2022

Honour activist Billy's memory

On April 17, eight years ago, indigenous rights activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen disappeared after being arrested by Kaeng Krachan National Park officials. Justice has yet to be served.

Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2022

BGT viewers call out 'fake' stunt as they spot padlock blunder during escapologist act

The latest episode of Britain's Got Talent saw Italian escapologist Andrew Basso leave Simon Cowell open-mouthed as he performed Harry Houdini's Chinese Water Torture Cell stunt

Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2022

Inside twisted 'Torture Island' circus where monkeys forced to ride dogs and motorbikes

Monkeys are being forced to participate in sickening stunts, including swimming races, at a tourist resort off the coast of Nha Trang, Vietnam, with one visitor dubbing the destination 'torture island'

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 22, 2022

New Zealand faces global pressure over move to let resident be extradited to China

MPs from around the world tell Jacinda Ardern that case of murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim could set ‘dangerous precedent’

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Venezuela seeks to take over ICC investigation into killings

Venezuela has asked the International Criminal Court to defer to authorities in the Latin American nation its investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by security forces under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule

Newslaundry · Jan 2, 2020

‘Trauma and torture’: Kashmir lockdown is taking a heavy toll on its journalists

On August 4, Adil, 28, a photojournalist in Srinagar’s downtown area, was at his office in Lal Chowk. Unaffected by the social media rumours and political drama unfolding around him, Adil was researching photo-editing and new camera equipment in the market.

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