Nearly half of those held in Russia’s detention centers in Kherson were tortured, rights report find
Nearly half of Ukrainians held in Russian detention centers in Kherson were subjected to widespread torture including sexual violence,...
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Tatmadaw Targets Religious And Ethnic Communities In Myanmar Yet Again
On February 1, 2021, the Burmese military, the Tatmadaw, staged a coup and took over Myanmar. What followed can only be described as a...
Official: Israel tortured 170 Palestinian detained children
The Undersecretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development, Assem Khamis, said all 170 Palestinian children who are currently...
UN Committee Against Torture Accuses Ethiopia of Genocide in Tigray
“UN Torture Watchdog Accuses Ethiopia of Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray, but Is the Accusation Just for Show?” Recently, on 1997th Meeting,...
UN Warning About Alarming Scale of Violence by Myanmar’s Junta Forces
Despite the Myanmar army's denials, survivors and witnesses recently told VOA that during raids on their villages, soldiers used...
The shadow of the Iraq war lingers on
The United States invaded Iraq 20 years ago. The rationale for the war was a lie, and the consequences remain to this day. The killing...
Some Russian abuses in Ukraine may be crimes against humanity - UN inquiry finds
GENEVA, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings and torture, a U.N.-mandated...
Doctor Describes and Denounces C.I.A. Practice of ‘Rectal Feeding’ of Prisoners
In a hearing at Guantánamo Bay, an expert gave a graphic public depiction of torture after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. GUANTÁNAMO...
Tchad : HRW dénonce les « violations des droits humains » lors des manifestations du 20 octobre
L’ONG Human Rights Watch dénote des « meurtres », des « décès en détention », des « disparitions forcées » et des « actes de tortures »....
Français dans les camps syriens : Paris enfreint la Convention contre la torture, estime l’ONU
Selon le Comité contre la torture des Nations unies, Paris est dans l’obligation de protéger les femmes et les enfants de nationalité...
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