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Amnesty International Thailand, a group of activists and families of victims have urged the Justice Ministry to enforce every regulation of the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, which takes effect today after the cabinet recently announced it would postpone enforcing some key provisions till Oct 1.

Bangkok Post

UN torture prevention body cancels visit to Australia after access to facilities blocked

Rwanda is the only other country to have had a visit cancelled, with Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner calling decision ‘disappointing’

The Guardian - AU

More flak for govt over delay

Academics have stepped up calls for the government to stop postponing enforcement of key provisions of the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act.

Bangkok Post

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WTF: A UN Torture Prevention Body Had To Can Its Aus Investigation After It Was Refused Access

The only other country where this has happened is Rwanda.

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UN torture prevention committee cancels Australia visit

A UN committee for the prevention of torture has cancelled previously delayed plans to visit Australia over concerns about restricted access to facilities.

AAP

UN torture prevention panel terminates visit to Australia

A U.N. torture prevention panel terminated its suspended visit to Australia, saying it continued to face obstacles in getting access to some detention centres in the country.

Reuters

UN torture prevention body cancels Australia trip after refused access to detention, mental health centres

Australia has now joined Rwanda as the only other country to have inspections terminated by the United Nations, after the international body was denied full access to detention and mental health in-patient wards in New South Wales and Queensland.

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Commit to end torture

Tomorrow should have been a historic day for human rights in Thailand. It should have been a time for human rights advocates and the public to celebrate because the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act -- a crucial piece of legislation which took 14 years to pass…

Bangkok Post

Klopp relives final ‘torture’ before Liverpool’s rematch with Real Madrid

Jürgen Klopp has said it was ‘torture’ to watch Liverpool’s Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid last year before the sides lock horns again in the last-16

The Guardian - UK

"Proper torture" - Jurgen Klopp explains what he noticed after rewatching UCL final loss

Jurgen Klopp renews rivalries with Real Madrid in the Champions League this week after already losing two finals to the Spanish giants and has revealed he did not particularly enjoy watching the games back

Daily Mirror

Jurgen Klopp explains Real Madrid 'torture' and why he wouldn't watch Liverpool defeat

Jurgen Klopp sat through Champions League final loss to Real Madrid for first time but believe things are different for Liverpool now

Liverpool Echo

Jurgen Klopp says watching Champions League final rerun was ‘proper torture’

The Liverpool boss did not watch a playback of the Paris contest back until recently.

The Independent UK

Longtime activist celebrates 90th birthday

Family and friends celebrated Mary L. Johnson, who has spent much of her life trying to free people falsely accused of crimes they did not commit brought about by false confessions through torture by the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago Sun-Times

Qld man jailed for brutal, prolonged torture of partner

A Queensland man has been jailed after torturing his partner, assaulting her every couple of days including pouring boiling water over her.

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Brisbane man Geordan Mercer, who brutally tortured partner, jailed for seven years

A Brisbane court heard Geordan Mercer launched a series of attacks on his partner after learning she was working as an escort.

ABC News

Taking over the Sri Lankan presidential palace was a high point for Wasantha. Then came six months of horror

This 29-year-old spearheaded a protest movement that toppled Sri Lanka's government. But after his triumphant moment, Wasantha was taken into a feared detention system where prisoners have been tortured and killed.

The Guardian - AU

Australian ex-soldier alleges ‘sexual violence’ inflicted on him during secretive course

Damien De Pyle said he was forced to commit humiliating acts while suffering sleep deprivation during torture resistance training, court documents show

Manchester Evening News

“What do we do to thieves?”: Dealers battered and kidnapped drug user while filming 'degrading' two-hour ordeal

“You son of a b***h. You going to rob me? I’m going to torture you”

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The Guardian - AU

Government bid to gag parts of case related to torture survival course criticised by lawyers

Basic documents in case brought by defence whistleblower Damien De Pyle against commonwealth temporarily suppressed

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching

Researchers last year found an unserved search warrant on an accuser connected to the Chicago teen’s torture and death. Till’s cousin wants the warrant served on Carolyn Bryant.

Manchester Evening News

A torture gang, killer drink driver and a boasting drug dealer: The people locked up in Greater Manchester this week

A controlling thug who dubbed himself a ‘wife beater’ as well as a drug gang who were caught hiding in people’s gardens have also been caged this week

ABC News

Federal government seeks to suppress court documents examining torture-resistance program

The Defence Department urgently seeks to suppress court documents examining a torture-resistance training program that a former soldier claims breached his human rights.

Nottingham Post

Nicole Bulley's children ask 'is mummy famous?' as search hits two weeks mark

Describing the ongoing search as "torture", Ms Bulley's friend Emma has revealed that her girls, aged six and nine, appear "deflated" every day as they ask where their mum is

Al Jazeera

‘Secrecy the priority’: Guantanamo battling COVID outbreak

Lawyers say the ‘massive’ outbreak puts already unwell detainees at further risk in camp where medical care is poor.

Daily Record

Murder of Edinburgh woman to be analysed by forensic experts in new Sky Crime documentary

The crime show will explore the case of Elaine Collie who was tortured and murdered in her Edinburgh flat.

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