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United States is an "outlaw superpower"

There's still time to bring our outlaw country back into united community of nations confronting looming horrors

Salon

For Emmett Till's family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation on Tuesday that establishes a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago whose abduction, torture and killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped propel the civil rights movement

The Independent UK

Motorola Razr+ torture test ends in an unexpected way

Motorola’s latest foldable screen passes JerryRigEverything’s tests relatively unscathed, but its flat external panel is another story.

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After 30 years of court battle, his wait for justice continues

Retired exec. Pillai, falsely implicated in gold theft case 30 yrs ago, now stands as witness. After inhuman torture & false evidence, Pillai was acquitted by court in 2021.

The Hindu

UK sanctions ‘despicable’ Wagner leaders linked to African killings and torture

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said the mercenary unit was ‘acting with impunity’ in countries such as Mali and Sudan.

The Independent UK

Complaint laid against Solicitor-General over withholding of Lake Alice evidence from police

Lake Alice survivor Leoni McInroe continues her fight to hold the Crown accountable for its failure to take responsibility for state-sponsored torture, laying a complaint with the Law Society about Solicitor-General Una Jagose.

Newsroom.co.nz

Kinks, BDSM and even torture porn are everywhere. Why has vanilla sex disappeared from our screens?

TV should reflect a wide range of preferences – but the rise of extreme sex scenes is offering a worryingly narrow view, says freelance writer Larissa Hurt

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Myanmar military regime accused of murdering political prisoners

Prison officials accused of extrajudicial killings and torture with thousands arrested for their opposition to the coup.

Al Jazeera

Takeaways from the AP investigation into thousands of Ukrainian civilians held by Russia in prisons

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are detained in a network of formal and informal prisons across Russia and the territories it occupies, where they endure routine torture, psychological abuse and even slave labor

The Independent UK

Ugandan president and son accused of sponsoring violence in ICC testimony

Documents containing allegations of torture filed to court in support of complaint made by Bobi Wine

The Guardian - UK

Conor McGregor mocks "idiot sandwich" Michael Chandler after TUF scuffle

Conor McGregor tweeted a picture of his and Michael Chandler's altercation on The Ultimate Fighter and he vowed to "torture" his UFC rival when they meet in the cage

Daily Mirror

Brit captured by Russians beaten, stabbed and left to starve over five months of torture

During more than five months as a prisoner of war, Aiden Aslin was beaten "black and blue", stabbed, threatened with execution and witnessed the killing of another prisoner

Daily Mirror

Lawsuit alleging California tech giant aided Chinese torture may proceed, 9th Circuit says

LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit alleging San Jose-based technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. and two former executives aided the Chinese government in tracking and torturing adherents of the Falun Gong religious movement may proceed to trial, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

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The Guardian - US

US must urgently treat men tortured at Guantánamo, UN investigator says

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin tells the Guardian that the US must redress the harms it inflicted on its Muslim torture victims

Daily Mirror

'I was tortured in notorious Iran jail as terminally ill son lay dying outside its walls'

On December 28, 2021 single parent Mehdi (Yasser) Akbari was left in despair after he learned that his only child, Amir-Ali, had passed away at a care facility while he was still trapped inside the notorious Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran

The Hindu

NHRC summons Nellore district officials in Dalit’s death case

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Nellore District Collector M. Harinarayanan and Superintendent of Police K. Tirumaleswar Reddy to appear in person on August 25 in connection with the death of a Dalit, Udayagiri Narayana, following alleged police torture on June 19, 2022.

The Independent UK

Guantanamo detainees tell first independent visitor about scars from torture and hopes to leave

At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled

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Evening Standard

Taylor Swift fans left anxious as they eagerly await presale codes for UK Eras tour dates: ‘This is torture’

Ticketmaster is staggering the presale emails as fans wait to find out whether they’re selected for tickets, or on the waiting list

Radio France Internationale

Amnesty says 'atrocities' committed by both sides in anglophone Cameroon's conflict

Amnesty International has reported that security forces, separatist rebels and ethnic militiamen – from both sides of the country's linguistic divide – have committed "atrocities" in the English-speaking regions of western Cameroon, including executions, torture and rape.

France 24

Russian journalist and lawyer beaten in Chechnya: 'The investigation will no doubt be unsuccessful'

On the morning of July 4, Elena Milashina, a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Alexandre Nemov, a lawyer, were beaten on their way to a trial in Grozny, Chechnya. Images document the extreme violence of the attack. According to the Crew Against Torture, a Russian human…

The Guardian - UK

The Ugandan satirist who scared a dictator: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on torture, exile and activism

The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is read

The Guardian - UK

‘Some never came back’: how Russians hunted down veterans of Donbas conflict

Exclusive: Ukrainians who fought against separatists tell of kidnap and torture by invaders; the fate of hundreds of others is a mystery

The Hindu

Wimbledon 2023 | Tennis players face ‘mental torture’, says sports psychologist

This tennis news by The Hindu reported on how elite tennis players face mental torture at Wimbledon, according to a leading sports psychologist.

The Hindu

Minor girl found dead, parents allege torture by teachers

A 16-year-old girl studying in a private school in Hoskote ended her life after she was allegedly subjected to torture for nearly a month. The Hoskote police have booked three teachers under charges of abetment to suicide.

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