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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

United Kingdom

UK's role in torture during post-9/11 operations revealed in report

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28/06/2018

My Europe Series

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

My Europe Series

Seeking justice in Europe for Syrian torture victims

Syrian torture survivors and human rights activists speak out about their quest for justice.

22/12/2017

My Europe Series

Human Rights Watch's Nadim Houry on torture in Syria

Nadim Houry is director of Human Rights Watch’s terrorism and counter-terrorism programme.

22/12/2017

My Europe Series

Syrian torture survivors speak out

Euronews reporter Hans von der Brelie speaks with Syrian victims of torture who are seeking justice in Germany.

21/12/2017

Brazil

Brazil prison videos spark brutality investigation

Three prisons in Goias state are under investigation after shocking videos emerged of guards torturing inmates.

01/12/2017

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'

24/06/2017

Sweden

A new life for Omar: Syrian torture victim thrives in Sweden

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

USA

Four held over Chicago assault video

Two men and two women are in custody in relation to a violent attack on a man with special needs that was live-streamed on Facebook

05/01/2017