Torture
Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for murder, torture, crimes against humanity
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was convicted of premeditated murder of multiple people, including children, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity.
Torture of Ukrainian prisoners 'widespread and systematic,' UN rights official says
PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands
Flotilla detainees suffered violence, sexual abuse at Ashdod Port, Adalah says
Torture or saving lives: The alleged Shin Bet abuse of Palestinian detainees
Since 2001, there have been 1,300 torture complaints, but barely any criminal investigations. Even as investigations deepened, there has still not been a single indictment.
Iranian witness to torture of wrestler Navid Afkari killed
Shahin Naseri said he was an “eyewitness to medieval torture” of the executed wrestler.
North Korea tortures and executes Christians, USCIRF says
A United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report states North Korea secretly and regularly violates the religious freedoms of civilians.
Iran’s regime threatens to execute brother of wrestler Navid Afkari
Navid’s brothers Vahid and Habib also participated in the demonstrations against the regime in 2018
US: PA tortured participants in American-led 2019 Bahrain parley
The PA had boycotted the conference, but some individual Palestinians did participate.
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny reveals terrible treatment in prison
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny claimed that his health has greatly deteriorated and he was being prevented from seeing a doctor and sleeping by prison guards, a practice he likened to torture.
Syrian refugees arbitrarily arrested, tortured in Lebanon - Amnesty
A security agent told one detainee that his "life will end in this place," according to the report.
German court issues guilty verdict in first Syria torture trial
Eyad A.'s lawyers had asked for an acquittal, saying he had carried out the arrests in and around Damascus under duress by his superiors.
Biden launches review, aims to close Guantanamo before leaving office
Trump kept the prison open during his four years in the White House. Now, 40 prisoners remain, most held for nearly two decades without being charged or tried.
Condoning Israel's use of torture in the Duma arson case - opinion
Except for Israel (as a result of the court’s decision), no civilized country permits torture only to extract a confession and where the accused poses no danger.
