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Iranian boxing champion at imminent risk of execution as retrial request rejected

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, 30, was arrested in 2020 for taking part in nationwide democracy protests, and has been tortured in prison

The Guardian - UK

The Housemaid Movie's Ending Is Different From The Book. Why I Actually Like It Better

And, what an ending it is!

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Jim Carrey had to go through…torture training to play the Grinch??

2025 marks 25 years since Ron Howard’s live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas changed our lives forever. In honor of the anniversary, Vulture published an oral history about the making of the film. In it, the cast and crew go behind the scenes about what is still possibly one of…

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An Indiana man disappears before a video showing his torture appears online. But it’s not what it seems, cops allege

Some people go to great lengths to avoid consequences.

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Jim Carrey wanted to leave The Grinch and give back his $20 million payday, until a torture specialist helped him

To say the actor had a rough time on set would be the understatement of the year

Total Film

Woman who fled rape and torture in DRC wins UK citizenship case after Home Office U-turn

Victory thought to be first under new policy that normally refuses applicants such as refugees who enter illegally

The Guardian - UK

The Traitors' Charlotte Chilton says brain surgery is needed to end 'Physical Torture'

“The Traitors” star Charlotte Chilton shares hospital photo and reveals she’s undergoing brain surgery for severe facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia

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Sisters of 11-year-old California girl allegedly starved to death by adoptive family awarded $31.5M

Arabella McCormack died in August 2022 after being allegedly tortured by adoptive family

The Independent UK

Another Crypto Trader Tortured and Executed Over His Digital Wallet – How Many Have Been Killed in 2025?

A crypto trader in Spain has allegedly been tortured and killed in a brutal attempt to steal his digital wallet, marking yet another violent case in 2025. With kidnappings and coercive attacks on crypto holders rising worldwide, how many more victims have already been claimed this year?

International Business Times UK

Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Revealed Torture, Enforced Disappearances of Immigrants

A damning report by Amnesty International exposed the 'cruel' and 'inhumane' conditions immigrant detainees are being subject to in two detention centres in Florida.

International Business Times UK

Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Guardian - UK

Hopes British grandfather jailed in Dubai could be freed before Christmas

Mr Douglas has allegedly experienced torture while behind bars in the United Arab Emirates capital

The Independent UK

Rights groups warn against UK plans to weaken torture protections in ECHR

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s a son of a bitch – but he’s usually right’: why did Seymour Hersh quit the film about his earth-shattering exposés?

He is the prickly, hotheaded journalist who uncovered the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and torture at Abu Ghraib prison. Finishing Cover-Up, a film about his astonishing life and countless scoops, was never going to be easy

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Alligator Alcatraz 'Meets the Definition of Torture Under International Law', Amnesty International Claims

"People have to stay there for hours shackled and denied food and water as a form of punishment," said the organization's director for refugee and migrant rights

International Business Times UK

Amnesty International Uncovers Nightmarish 'Box Cells' At Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Facility

Amnesty International documents alleged torture, 'box' confinement and systemic abuses at Florida's Everglades 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Krome detention centre.

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‘Torture, conspiracy, assault’: Mother and stepdad of missing pregnant woman charged, and the list of accusations keeps getting worse

The case took a dark turn.

International Business Times UK

Channel 4's Myanmar Scam Documentary Forces You to Feel Empathy for Your Scammers

Channel 4 investigation reveals Myanmar scam compounds using trafficked workers under torture threat to steal billions from victims worldwide.

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Euronews

Russia's push for war crimes immunity 'cannot be accepted,’ freed Ukrainian POW tells Euronews

Ukrainian journalist and one of the country's most prominent human rights activists, Maksym Butkevych, spent more than two years in Russian captivity. He told Euronews Moscow is deliberately trying to avoid inevitable responsibility.

The Independent UK

Libyan man accused of murder, rape, and torture appears at the ICC

A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes at a Tripoli prison has appeared before judges at the International Criminal Court

Euronews

Germany sends Libyan man accused of war crimes to the ICC in The Hague to face trial

Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, torture and rape in a prison in Libya.

The Guardian - UK

Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report

Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes

The Independent UK

Utah dad charged with child torture after taking his small children on mountain hike, ending with two of them unconscious

A now-deactivated GoFundMe page initially called Utah father-of-three Micah Smith a hero for saving his kids during a storm on their dangerous hike

The Guardian - UK

Secrets of the cow-skulled scarecrow: did one man’s cruel tales inspire Paula Rego’s best paintings?

When the great artist saw a shocking play by Martin McDonagh about the torture of children, she asked him for more dark stories. As the vivid, extraordinary works they triggered go on show, the playwright looks back

The Guardian - AU

My petty gripe: bar stools – have we not suffered enough?

Why must every cafe, pub, restaurant or event insist on having its patrons cosplay as babies in highchairs? Bar stools are a bonafide torture device

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