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 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
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
Republic of Northern 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 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
Turkey Rights group says Turkish police use torture Human Rights Watch says it has documented several cases of torture and enforced disappearances during the past year in Turkey. 12/10/2017
Norway Norway under fire for deporting woman who was whipped in Iran An Iranian woman living in Norway for the last eight years and who was whipped 80 times in Iran this week after deportation in March is taking the Norwegian Immigration Ministry to court. 22/09/2017
Cameroon Suspects 'tortured' at Cameroon military base, says Amnesty Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation into the torture of prisoners in Cameroon. 20/07/2017
Venezuela Venezuelan opposition leader: 'They're torturing me' Amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Venezuela, apparent claims of torture have been made by the jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez 24/06/2017
Sweden A new life for Omar: Syrian torture victim thrives in Sweden All the fun of the fair is a far cry for a young man who has seen hell on earth. Syrian torture survivor Omar Alshogre arrived in Sweden during the 19/06/2017
Syria Syrian crisis 'worst man-made disaster since WWII' - UN The UN's OHCHR hears of 'torture, executions and unfair trials' in Syria, while a separate UN commission accuses the Syrian Air Force of war crimes. 14/03/2017
Turkey 'Come home', begs husband after finding wife abducted in 1990 The husband of a Turkish woman kidnapped in Saudi Arabia 27 years ago has pleaded for her to give up her new life and return home. 18/02/2017
