Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of ...
HRW: Sex workers in China subject to police abuse
Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in ...
UK, lawyers for Kenya torture victims in talks
Lawyers for Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s said Monday that they are negotiating with the British government ...
Britons jailed in drug case amid abuse claims
A Dubai court has sentenced three British tourists to four years in prison on drug charges in a case that drew international scrutiny over claims of ...
Wife: American in Iraqi prison is on hunger strike
In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say. He's a Sunni prisoner in a Shiite-dominated jail.
Egypt policeman sentenced to 15 years for torture
An Egyptian court sentenced a police officer to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for torturing an ultraconservative Muslim to death, a rare lengthy ...
Brotherhood members face torture charge in Egypt
Two Muslim Brotherhood officials have been sent to trial on charges of kidnapping and torturing three men during protests in November following ...
Report: Cameroon officials torture gay suspects
Suspected homosexuals in Cameroon say they have been tortured and raped in prison, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and ...
Christians say they were tortured in Libya
Dozens of Coptic Christians were tortured inside a detention center run by a powerful militia in eastern Libya, two of the recently released detainees ...
Saudi Arabia executes 7 men after appeals rejected
Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were executed on Wednesday, according to the country's official news agency, more than ...
2 charged in Papua New Guinea 'witch' killing
Papua New Guinea police have charged two people with the grisly killing of a woman who was tortured and burned alive in front of hundreds of people, ...
Egyptian officials accused of covering up torture
An Egyptian opposition group accused the government on Wednesday of covering up torture at the hands of security forces. The charge came after a ...
US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan
The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of ...
Afghan government: Prisoner abuse not systematic
An Afghan government panel acknowledged Monday that detainees face widespread torture but denied there is systematic abuse in government-run prisons.
Gitmo judge hears testimony about torture effects
A Guantanamo Bay judge is deciding whether to recommend special training about torture for a military mental health board that will examine the ...
Beating, torture fuel sense Egypt police unchanged
The video outraged Egyptians, showing riot police strip and beat a middle-aged man and drag him across the pavement as they cracked down on protesters
Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military
Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method ...
Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide
A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the ...
Nepali colonel in UK court on torture charges
A colonel in Nepal's army will stand trial in Britain in June on charges of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's civil war. Col.
Suspects on trial over Guinea attack claim torture
Several defendants on trial in Guinea over a brazen attack on the private residence of President Alpha Conde say authorities tortured them to extract ...
UN: Prisoners still tortured in Afghan custody
Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables, the United Nations said, a year ...
Nepali charged with torture appears in UK court
A British court on Saturday denied bail to a colonel in the Nepalese army facing charges of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's ...
UK police charge Nepalese man with torture
British police said Friday they have charged a serving colonel in the Nepalese army with two counts of torture allegedly committed during the ...
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