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Witch trials offer lens on how leaders whip up public panic

Why does Scotland have one of the most horrific witch hunt records in Europe – especially when the number of people accused, tortured, tried and…

The National (Scotland)

ICC unseals Libya war crimes warrant for militia officer Saif Suleiman Sneidel

The International Criminal Court on Friday unsealed an arrest warrant for a Libyan militia member accused of war crimes including murder and torture between 2016 and 2017.

Radio France Internationale

Nicola Sturgeon says facing criminal inquiry was like ‘mental torture’

Ex-Scottish first minister describes despair at police raid over her husband’s alleged misuse of party finances in upcoming memoir

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At least 10 kids were trafficked to an underground sex and abuse bunker. None of the eight suspects were on cops’ radar

An investigation was launched in February, when authorities were called to the bunker and found two of the victims performing sexual acts on each other. Andrea Cavallier details what we know about the case that local police described as the ‘most horrible thing’

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon: Police investigation ‘was like mental torture’

The former first minister has opened up about her arrest in a new book,

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon says police investigation into her ‘was like mental torture’

The former first minister has opened up about her arrest in a new book

The Independent UK

ICC Unseals Libya War Crimes Warrant For Militia Officer

The International Criminal Court on Friday unsealed an arrest warrant for a Libyan militia member accused of war crimes including murder and torture between 2016 and 2017.

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'Utterly brutal': man's multiple life term appeal fails

A man who argued he should be given credit for calling an ambulance after subjecting a woman to weeks of torture will continue to serve multiple life sentences.

AAP

Kyiv opens war crime inquiry into head of notorious Russian prison

Officials under Aleksandr Shtoda alleged to systematically torture and starve detainees at Sizo 2 in Taganrog

The Guardian - UK

Two teenagers detained over ‘sadistic’ torture and killing of two kittens in London

Boy and girl, both 17, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the protected animals

The Guardian - UK

Teenager, 17, detained for ‘sadistic’ torture and killing of two kittens

The teenager was handed a 12-month detention and training order

The Independent UK

'Tragic death': two more nabbed in kidnap, murder case

Police believe they have identified all the suspects involved in the alleged kidnapping and torture of a trio after charging two people with murder.

AAP

The Kia EV4 Ran For 6,200 Miles At The Nurburgring. Its Battery Wouldn't Die

Kia torture tested the EV4 with a combination of fast charging and outright battery abuse at the Nurburgring. It was unsuccessful.

InsideEVs

Gaza detainees 'tortured and raped' by Israeli forces, United Nations hears

THE United Nations has heard testimonies about the “disturbing” escalation in the scale and severity of violence committed by Israeli…

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The Guardian - UK

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

The Guardian - UK

My Worst Enemy review – Iranian exile recreates torture and interrogation in study of regime power

Mehran Tamadon’s film about autocracy in Iran could have revealed more about methods of control, despite a star turn from Zar Amir Ebrahimi

The Independent UK

PETA sues Maine Lobster Festival saying the steaming of 16,000 live crustaceans is torture

PETA is asking the court to stop the annual festival.

The Guardian - US

Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say

Venezuelans back home under Maduro-Trump deal tell of isolation, beatings and dirty water – ‘a living nightmare’

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Latin Times

New York Mom Caught Attempting to Dump Bloody Clothes After Son's Girlfriend Found Tortured to Death in Stairwell: Report

Police are searching for the boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman who was found with severe injuries that were allegedly the result of being tortured with a hammer.

Evening Standard

Pregnant British teenager appears in court in Georgia on drug smuggling charges

Bella Culley claims she was tortured in Thailand and forced to bring the drugs into Georgia when she flew into the country in May.

International Business Times

UN Says Taliban Committing 'Rights Violations' Against Afghan Returnees

The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.

The Independent UK

UN agency calls for global pause on deportations back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Exclusive: Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone

Latin Times

Venezuelan Deportees Detail Ordeal in El Salvador's Infamous Prison: 'I Was Sexually Abused by the Salvadoran Authorities'

Several Venezuelan migrants repatriated as part of a recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela have accused Salvadoran authorities of torture, sexual abuse, and other mistreatment

The Independent UK

They were freed from a ‘torture prison’ in El Salvador. This is their life now

IN FOCUS: Trump deported dozens of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran jail under the Alien Enemies Act. They were set free five months later — and could fight for their return to the United States, Alex Woodward reports

Latin Times

ICE Rejects Deporting 82-Year-Old Torture Survivor In Pennsylvania, Calls Family Claim a 'Hoax'

ICE rejected deporting an 82-year-old torture survivor to Guatemala, calling the family's claim a "hoax"

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