Two former Syrian officials accused of torture during al-Assad era go on trial in Austria

Austrian law provides for the jurisdiction of local courts over certain offences committed abroad and the Vienna court has ...
9NEWS

Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup

DENVER — A former member of the military in Gambia was convicted on Tuesday of charges that he tortured people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country's longtime ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Former general for Syria’s Assad pleads not guilty in torture trial

Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi faces charges of aggravated torture, coercion, sexual coercion and bodily harm.
TASS

Ukrainian forces use American torture techniques on Russian POWs, according to a report

Maxim Grigoriev, the chairman of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis, emphasized that over 200 individuals, recently exchanged as prisoners, provided statements ...
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A look at torture methods still used in some regions today

The worst torture methods still used in the world today.
International Middle East Media Center

Report: Israeli Prison Camps Are ‘Torture Arenas’ for Palestinian Hostages

In a new report, three human rights organizations that advocate for the rights of Palestinians kidnapped and imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces detailed the horrific conditions and brutal torture ...