Torture

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.
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.

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

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

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

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

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


Thai soldiers tortured and killed Myanmar migrant, rights group says

Aung Ko Ko, 37, died after three soldiers and a Myanmar national brought him to an abandoned military bunker where they kicked and beat him with a bamboo stick, witnesses said.

A 15-year-old Rohingya boy, who said he was abducted for conscription by a military-aligned Rohingya insurgent group, poses for a picture in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 26, 2024.

Iran's president calls for investigation into case of death in custody

Iran's President orders an investigation into a detainee's death in Lahijan; five policemen arrested, raising concerns over citizens' rights.

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-Israel banner with a picture of Iranian missiles on a street in Tehran, Iran April 19, 2024.

IDF opposes bail for five Sde Teiman guards suspected of sodomizing detainee

Multiple times, the IDF pretrial court and even once the IDF appeals court have ruled in favor of the prosecution and alluded to the case being much stronger than has been leaked to the public.

 Bereaved families and supporters protest against a court hearing in a petition against the conditions of Hamas terrorists in the Sde Teiman Military Base, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, August 7, 2024.

IDF won't bow to pressure in probing Sde Teiman torture claims, ex-IDF prosecutor says

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Sarah Ben-Nun, and Zvika Klein.

 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

'You'll get married in Gaza': Hostage's sister receives chilling message from Hamas captivity

Despite her situation, Liri managed to send messages to her family via released hostages. She urged her sister not to cancel her post-army trip and humorously cautioned her not to touch her shoes.

 RAINDROPS FALL on a poster of hostage Liri Albag at a rally earlier this year in Yehud, near Tel Aviv.

Israeli medical staff whistleblow to BBC on mistreatment of Gazan detainee patients

In one of the cases, whistleblowers claimed an accused Hamas terrorist was denied sufficient anaesthetic, resulting in him waking up during surgery multiple times.

 The dedicated medical area established for evacuees of al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip by the IDF, March 23, 2024

Terrorists behind concert massacre in Russia tortured before hearings

The terror attack, which is the worst Russia has seen in years, has led to the authority's torture of the terrorists prior to their court hearings, as Russia seeks to lay blame on Ukraine.

  Members of the Russian Emergencies Ministry carry out search and rescue operations at the Crocus City Hall concert venue after a shooting attack and fire, outside Moscow, Russia, in this picture obtained March 24, 2024.

UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’

"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2024.

UN expert on torture examines treatment of Palestinian detainees

Dr Alice Jill Edwards said she had also raised allegations of mass murders and mutilations of hostages and sexual violence against them with Palestinian authorities

 Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024.

Released Gaza hostage tells of trauma, Hamas's sexual violence

17-year-old Agam Goldstein Almog watched her father get murdered by Hamas before she was abducted to Gaza. She later witnessed Hamas's use of torture and sexual violence against the hostages.

Agam Goldstein Almog