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The United Nations’ top court has ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture

Former civil rights lawyer Jeffrey Cummings, appointed a federal judge this year, once signed off on reports condemning an investigation into accusations of torture by Burge and his so-called “midnight crew.”

Tamil Nadu govt. sanctions prosecution of IPS officer Balveer Singh for alleged custodial torture in Ambasamudram sub-division. CB-CID completed investigation into four cases. Evidence incl. medical & forensic reports, CCTV footage, & witnesses. CM ordered suspension of officer.

Adivasis in Banteji say they also face arrests, violence and harassment by police and company officials

Telangana was ranked third among 18 states in the India Justice Report 2022, which analyses data on police, prison, judiciary and legal aid. It also had the “best policing score” as per the report. But the policing system in the state has been widely criticised for use of custodial torture…

Spit hoods pose significant risks of injury and death.

Ikram Nurmehmet, a director known for his Uyghur protagonists, is facing charges related to ‘separatism’ and ‘terrorism’

This article contains images that some may finding distressing, including of torture.

Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol in Old Swan, Liverpool, at about 12.30am on August 21 last year.

Exclusive: Now 18-year-old, who remains in detention, says the treatment was ‘like psychological torture’

Here is the difference: in March 2019, as peaceful protesters in Gaza took to the streets to demonstrate against deteriorating economic conditions, Hamas responded with vicious beatings, arbitrary arrests and torture. This is how the Islamist regime routinely deals with dissidence.