Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’
Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of tortureNicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an ...
New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture
U.S. authorities charged the former Venezuelan president with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens as well as Americans. That adds to drugs and w...
Nicolás Maduro and his wife indicted for alleged torture of US citizens
Ousted Venezuelan president and Cilia Flores have been in jail in New York since early JanuaryDeposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife...
Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups
Iranian court upholds sentence against 29-year-old star Parastoo Ahmadi and other musicians in crackdown on women flouting hijab lawAn Iranian court’s...
Stanislas Hutin, Who Denounced Torture in France’s Algerian War, Dies at 95
He was among the first to chronicle the French force’s systematic abuse of Algerians, brutal encounters that he documented in his journal and with his...
Iranian security forces coordinated killing, torture and sexual abuse of protesters, says Amnesty
Leaked documents and testimony reveal extent of regime’s crackdown in 2022 and how it paved the way for more brutal killings of protesters this yearIr...
Death and alleged torture of man in detention sparks protests in Syria
Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viralSyrians have protested over the death of a man who was arre...
‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed
Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representationOne hunger str...
Photo of bound Palestinian detainee corroborates Israeli torture reports, say rights groups
Image of man in underwear, blindfold and bound to iron rod has been widely shared on social mediaMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesAn Israeli so...
Former Syrian Officials Found Guilty in Torture of Pro-Democracy Protesters
The case against the two men, who have been living in Austria since 2015, was one of the first that the country has brought under the principle of uni...
Housing asylum seekers in former army barracks ruled unlawful for victims of torture
Judgment outlawing forcing of survivors of trafficking, torture and other forms of violence to share rooms is blow to Shabana Mahmood’s asylum plansSh...
‘Huge milestone’ as Libyan militia commander accused of torture to appear at ICC
Prosecution is seen as landmark step towards justice over abuses of refugees trying to reach Europe from AfricaA former militia commander accused of o...
UK ministers accused of weakening legal protections for torture victims seeking asylum
Council of Europe members plan to change interpretation of rights laws to make it easier to deport peopleKeir Starmer’s government has been accused of...
‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
Exclusive: Contractor denies allegations including ‘enforced disappearance’ and will help locate unaccompanied minorsUS Immigration and Customs Enforc...
