View I'm fighting for justice after surviving Syria's torture jails | View Today Anwar Raslan, a colonel and torturer within Bashar al-Assad's prison system, was jailed for life in Germany for crimes against humanity. A doctor who was tortured in custody for 40 days and gave evidence in the case tells us what it means to him. 13/01/2022
View The Bulgarian government must make the UN torture report public | View This week the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture raised concerns about the treatment of migrant children in Bulgarian detention centres. But the report will stay confidential - unless Sofia decides otherwise. Not good enough, says UN expert advisor Iveta Cherneva 11/11/2021
Russia Russia dismisses 18 prison officials over rape and torture allegations Videos released by an NGO in October showed a prisoner being sexually abused at a prison hospital in the Saratov region. 10/11/2021
Myanmar Myanmar's military systematically torture its detainees: AP An estimated 1,200 people have been killed by security forces, including around 131 tortured to death, AP reported. 29/10/2021
Russia Russia dismisses four prison officials over allegations of rape Russia is investigating allegations of torture and rape in the country's prison system after leaked NGO videos appear to show inmates being abused. 06/10/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina 'Kicks, beatings & mock executions': Police violence alleged in Bosnia "While lying prone on the snowy ground with his hands cuffed behind his back, officers had fired bullets either side of his head to get him to reveal information on the location of certain smuggled merchandise." 14/09/2021
Germany Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in his homeland. 28/07/2021
Romania Nine Romanian police officers prosecuted over violent facemask arrest Prosecutors in Bucharest have opened criminal proceedings against nine police officers for their treatment of two people they arrested for failing to wear facemasks in September. 05/03/2021
Portugal Portugal's immigration chief resigns months after Lisbon airport death Portugal's immigration chief has resigned after a months-long backlash, following the suspected fatal beating of a Ukrainian man by officials at Lisbon airport last March 09/12/2020
USA US charges British IS members in deaths of Western hostages El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed "the Beatles" by the hostages they held captive because of their British accents. 07/10/2020
Cambodia Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77 Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, had been serving a life prison term for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 02/09/2020
Belarus Belarus: Evidence of abuses grows as protesters march on government Hundreds of protesters have been released from detention in Belarus but many have described how they were beaten, abused and tortured in captivity. On Friday many protesters marched to the government building in the capital, Minsk. 14/08/2020
Germany Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court Wassim Mukdad, 34, will testify before a German court in the trial of Anwar R., a former member of Syria's secret police suspected of overseeing the abuse of detainees at a notorious jail near Damascus known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251. 21/04/2020
Germany First trial over Syrian state-sponsored torture looms in Germany Human rights activists applauded as Germany charged two alleged former Syrian secret service officers with participating in crimes against humanity, 29/10/2019
View Interpol, Freedom of Movement and EU Data Protection Laws - Policing the World’s Police ǀ View There are real problems within Interpol’s independence and especially the ability of corrupt governments to target politicians and business people using the Interpol Red Notice system to request extradition. 28/08/2019
USA 'Inconceivable' that Kim Jong Un wasn't aware of Otto Warmbier: Ex-U.N. ambassador Trump claimed the North Korean dictator didn't know what was happening to the 22-year-old American detained in his country. Experts say that's unlikely. 01/03/2019
View Europe should press the UN on North Korea's human rights abuses ǀ View Otto Warmbier and the millions of other victims of North Korea’s brutal leadership deserve justice and an end to these unparalleled atrocities. 11/02/2019
Russia Yevgeny Makarov’s case sheds light on ill-treatment in Russian prisons Allegations of ill-treatment of prisoners in Russian prisons are not new but Yevgeny Makarov's torture case has brought them to limelight again. 05/10/2018
Russia Torture in Russian jails - what we learned from the Makarov case The prisoner allegedly beaten by guards, which sparked an outcry and a criminal investigation, has been released by Russian authorities. 02/10/2018
Unreported Europe Syrian war crimes allegations quietly probed “We have stronger evidence than we had for any past conflicts, any past tribunals.” 03/05/2018
Mexico Kidnapped Mexican students were killed, dissolved in acid police say The three film students are believed to have been mistaken for gang members 25/04/2018
Republic of North Macedonia FYR Macedonia apologises to German man over CIA rendition Khaled El-Masri, a German of Lebanese origin, was wrongly kidnapped and handed to the CIA in 2004 as part of its rendition and torture programme. 04/04/2018
USA California abusers 'should not face trial by media' One of the lawyers for the Turpins, who face 38 charges of abuse, torture and false imprisonment against their 13 children, has said the couple will be tried in court, not the media. Bail for the parents has been set at $12 million in a case that has provoked revulsion around the world. 19/01/2018
USA California couple charged with torturing their 13 children The 13 California siblings are being treated after the ordeal that could leave them scarred for years. 16/01/2018
world news Shackled children found in California home Police charge two parents in California after 13 siblings, some shackled to beds, are found at the family's home in the city of Perris. 16/01/2018
