Torture

Hamas intensified Gaza torture, interrogations post-Oct. 2025 ceasefire, IDF Arabic spox says

Hamas employs physical violence, blackmail, psychological threats and harm, prolonged isolation, and a range of other forms of mistreatment, the IDF said. 

Internally displaced Palestinians carry walter containers past hundreds tents now housing them after their homes were destroyed, in Khan Yunis southern Gaza Strip on August 11, 2026.
A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Lebanon's late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, in rural Aleppo, Syria, December 11, 2024.

Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for murder, torture, crimes against humanity

 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) smile after a swap in Chernihiv region

Torture of Ukrainian prisoners 'widespread and systematic,' UN rights official says

Police officers stand guard as Palestinians protest outside the Prime Minister's office, calling on the government to fulfil demands related to prisoners and injured people, in Ramallah, the West Bank, May 31, 2026

PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands


Flotilla detainees suffered violence, sexual abuse at Ashdod Port, Adalah says

Adalah said lawyers collected testimony from detained flotilla participants alleging serious violence, sexual humiliation, and psychological abuse before their transfer to Ketziot Prison.

Israeli soldiers seen on a vessel belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla as seen from Ashdod, May 19, 2026.

Germany plans talks with Chile over site tied to cult led by abusive German preacher

The enclave, originally called Colonia Dignidad and renamed Villa Baviera, was founded in 1961 by Paul Schaefer, an evangelical preacher who was later jailed for sexually abusing children.

The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025.

WATCH: 'I screamed in pain': Former hostage Matan Angrest says Hamas terrorists electrocuted him

Former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest told Channel 12's 'Uvda' about his captivity, including Hamas torture, the loss of his tank crew, bonding with fellow hostage Gali Berman, and his eventual release.

Former hostage Matan Angrest speaks to Channel 12's 'Uvda' about his experience in Hamas terror captivity, including torture, broadcast on February 26, 2026.

Details emerge on killing of father of 8-year-old Pakistani cricket player, Aina Wazir

Omar Wazir was a schoolteacher and also ran a travel agency. In a related incident, Aina Wazir's cameraman was kidnapped but later released.

Pakistan's national flag.

Iran's death penalty crackdown on protesters targets minors, Amnesty International warns

Amnesty International revealed that two 17-year-olds are among those at risk of being sentenced to death in Iran for involvement in January’s protests, calling for an immediate halt to the executions

A demonstrator lights a cigarette with fire from a burning picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 12, 2026.

UK to shell out ‘substantial’ out of court settlement to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee

Zubaydah was accused of being a high-ranking Al-Qaeda official and was alleged to have run training camps in Afghanistan for terrorists. The claim has not been substantiated.

A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

'I could hear the carnage': Former hostage Elkana Bohbot recounts Nova massacre, Hamas captivity

"I produced the party. I brought a ton of people to that place, I begged people to come," said Bohbot, detailing the guilt he carries for inviting people to what turned into a massacre.

Former Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot reacts as he returns home after leaving the hospital, following his release from captivity in Gaza, in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, October 19, 2025.

Freed hostage Segev Kalfon denounces lack of support received from Israel since release

Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon calls out Israel’s lack of support since his release, sharing his harrowing experiences of captivity, violence, and the emotional toll faced in captivity in a KAN interview.

Former hostage Segev Kalfon speaks in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

Executed Iranian nuclear scientist confessed to aiding Israel after torture, threats against mother

Vahid Razavi, a member of the Vadi family, told the dissident media site that Rouzbeh Vadi was detained a year and a half ago after a dispute at work.

An anti-Israeli billboard is seen on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

ICC sentences Darfur Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in October on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Cyril Laucci, Lead Counsel for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, a Sudanese national, waits to hear the verdict of the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.