Duchess Sophie visits Ukraine in first trip by British royal since start of war
Sophie, Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh, met with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and survivors of torture, the ministry said.
Tue Apr 30 2024
Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
The album scored largest streaming week for an album ever and largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era, Billboard said.
Mon Apr 29 2024
Taylor Swift wins 13th Grammy, announces new album
Her new album 'The Tortured Poet's Department' will be out on April 19.
Mon Feb 05 2024
Gambian ex-minister faces rape, torture charges in long-awaited Swiss trial
Ousman Sonko will become the highest-ranking official to be tried in Europe under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
Mon Jan 08 2024
UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas
United Nations said the untested method may subject him to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture."
Thu Jan 04 2024
UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody
The Taliban have staffed and controlled the police and the intelligence agency since they took over the country.
Wed Sep 20 2023
Torture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts
Ukrainian authorities are reviewing more than 97,000 reports of war crimes and have filed charges against 220 suspects in domestic courts.
Wed Aug 02 2023
Ex-prisoner tells diplomats Nicaragua holding families 'hostage'
Davila said prisoners had suffered physical and psychological torture, and their families continue to receive threats and reprisals.
Thu Mar 30 2023
'Every victim of Saddam Hussein was waiting for this moment'
Prosecutors said more than 140 people from the Shiite Muslim farming village were hunted down, tortured and killed.
Mon Mar 13 2023
Burn marks among injuries found on boy who died of suspected abuse
The effects of beatings and burn marks believed to have been caused by hot objects were among the severe injuries suffered by a four-year-old boy who died here yesterday of suspected torture.
Tue Dec 27 2022
US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces move to halt 'brutal torture' at IS camp
Al-Hol houses around 55,000 people, including Syrians, Iraqis and other nationals who fled IS-held areas.
Mon Aug 29 2022
Ukrainian soldiers accuse Russians of abuses in captivity
Some had needles inserted into their wounds, some were tortured with water, some received inadequate treatment, said Vladyslav Zhaivoronok.
Tue Aug 23 2022
Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta's crackdown, UN expert says
Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some had to endure mock executions.
Wed Jun 15 2022
Amnesty says evidence shows Russian troops committed war crimes near Kiev
Civilians suffered abuses such as "reckless shootings and torture" at the hands of Russian forces.
Fri May 06 2022
Myanmar army engaged in torture, mass killings, war crimes - UN
Many victims were shot in the head, burned to death, arrested arbitrarily, tortured, or used as human shields, UN's Michelle Bachelet said.
Wed Mar 16 2022