Jul 31, 2025 · The prohibition against torture is a bedrock principle of international law. Torture, as well as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, is banned at all times, in all places, including in times of ...

Jun 24, 2025 · In Guinea early on Saturday morning, at least a half-dozen heavily armed men broke into the home of Mohamed Traoré, a prominent lawyer and former bar association president, assaulted …

Aug 26, 2024 · Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza since hostilities began in October 2023, deported them to detention facilities in Israel, and allegedly …

Mar 11, 2003 · Given that people being tortured will say anything to stop the pain, the information yielded from torture is often false or of dubious reliability.

Nov 12, 2025 · The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of …

Dec 16, 2024 · Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state since September …

May 6, 2025 · The death of Viktoriia Roshchyna, the 27-year-old Ukrainian investigative journalist, is as straightforward as it is horrific. Russia disappeared her. Russia tortured her. Russia then returned her ...

Mar 23, 2020 · Children as young as 12 have been tortured in Egypt’s prisons. Horrific accounts of what happened to them include being suspended from ceilings until their shoulders dislocate, beaten …

May 5, 2025 · Viktoriia Roshchyna, a 27-year-old Ukrainian investigative journalist, disappeared in the Russia-occupied part of the Zaporizka region of Ukraine in August 2023. A year later, she called her ...

Nov 14, 2024 · A federal jury in the US state of Virginia found defense contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. legally responsible for conspiring to torture and otherwise ill-treat three Iraqi men …