Torture
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.
WATCH: 'I screamed in pain': Former hostage Matan Angrest says Hamas terrorists electrocuted him
Details emerge on killing of father of 8-year-old Pakistani cricket player, Aina Wazir
Iran's death penalty crackdown on protesters targets minors, Amnesty International warns
Exile Iranians, Reporters without Borders want cleric arrested for torture
Kaveh Moussavi, an exile Iranian, told the German Die Welt paper that Mansouri was involved in a crime operation that caused “the murder and ultimately the torture of at least one person.”
Iran imposes flogging on Christian convert for peaceful protest
“There is no evidence against me, so I ought to have been acquitted.”
German court opens first Syria torture trial
A former intelligence officer who applied for asylum in Germany six years ago after leaving Syria, is charged with 58 murders in a Damascus prison, where at least 4,000 activists were tortured.
Palestinian who almost died in interrogation ‘not necessarily tortured’
State Attorney Shai Nitzan was asked about under staffing and insufficient funds provided to the Justice Ministry’s special unit, for probing complaints of alleged torture of detainees.
Would we know if Palestinians were being tortured by the Shin Bet?
The High Court of Justice has declared torture of detainees – whether they are sympathetic or not – to be illegal since 1999, even for terrorists.
‘Tortured’ Palestinian suspect expected to be sent back to Shin Bet
Both IDF courts and the Supreme Court rejected Arbid’s defense lawyers’ previous requests to release him from being a detainee on the grounds that the Shin Bet allegedly beat him into a coma.
Rina Shnerb's alleged murderer linked to European-funded BDS affiliates
Arbid was listed as an accountant for Addameer (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, which is a European-funded NGO.
Authorities silent on medical update of ‘tortured’ Palestinian suspect
The Jerusalem Post has learned that already on Thursday, at a detention hearing before the IDF West Bank courts, he complained of various pains from his interrogation by the Shin Bet.
Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture
Hathloul was arrested over a year ago as Saudi Arabia ended a ban on women driving cars, which many of the detainees had long campaigned for. Local media tarred them as traitors.
Muslim Chinese woman describes torture in detention camp
