torture

Saudi prince reminds Biden of US torture in Iraq

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called out Washington’s long track of “mistakes” made in Iraq and Afghanistan as President Joe…

2 years ago

Ukraine frees warlord sentenced for torture – media 

Ruslan Onishchenko, former commander of the notorious Ukrainian Tornado battalion, whose fighters were convicted of torturing people in Donbass, has…

2 years ago

Ex-CIA director watched torture of prisoner – NYT

Former CIA Director Gina Haspel watched as a prisoner was tortured by interrogators at a Thai black site that she…

2 years ago

Russian response to prison torture scandal will be important test

In the clips, correctional staff can be seen subjecting inmates to humiliating, horrific ordeals, including violating them with objects and…

2 years ago

Amnesty says US vows not to torture Assange ‘aren’t worth paper they’re written on’ due to Washington’s dismal human rights record

During the second day of Washington’s appeal in London’s High Court to extradite Assange, Crowther warned that the assurances made…

3 years ago

Taxi driver freed from Guantanamo Bay after 17 years of brutal torture with no charges

Ahmed Rabbani’s release was announced on Friday by Reprieve, a human rights NGO. Rabbani had been unanimously cleared for release…

3 years ago

Russia’s latest prison torture scandal, like Guantanamo, shows the worst human rights violations happen out of sight, out of mind

Now behind bars in Tbilisi after a dramatic arrest last week, former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili must be hoping that…

3 years ago

Barbarism behind bars: Rape & torture in Russia’s prisons laid bare by thousands of leaked videos, human rights activists tell RT

A decade ago, Vladimir Osechkin was sentenced to seven years behind bars over fraud allegations brought by the daughter of…

3 years ago

‘Hero to the liberals’ Liz Cheney ‘corrects’ Lesley Stahl, says waterboarding ‘not torture’ in CBS interview

CBS News’ Lesley Stahl caught up with the Wyoming representative to discuss her status as a Republican maverick earned after…

3 years ago

One of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ pleads guilty in US court over torture & execution of four American hostages

Alexanda Kotey, 37, changed his plea at a hearing in a federal court in Virginia on Thursday, admitting to a…

3 years ago