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Latest torture News

UN expert raises alarm at allegations of torture of former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas
Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on public execution in Afghanistan
Man charged with domestic violence offences in Blackwater, QLD
UN Experts document serious human rights violations targeting university sector in new report: Nicaragua
Guy Fawkes’ punishment was one of the most severe in English history – here’s what happens when a body is hung, drawn and quartered
Two men charged with firearm and animal cruelty offences – New England
Belarus’ engagement with the UN human rights system at historical low, says Special Rapporteur
Historic redress inequities finally resolved for Lake Alice Unit survivors
UN Committee against Torture to review Kuwait, Namibia, Thailand, Jordan, Mongolia and Cameroon
Special Rapporteur urges global action against sexual torture in armed conflict
Statute of limitations must not deny justice to families of 85 victims killed in Tak Bai incident, say UN experts: Thailand
Greece needs to strengthen effective torture prevention measures, UN torture prevention body finds
Man charged with domestic violence offences in North Brisbane, QLD
Govt broadly accepts Royal Commission findings
UN torture prevention body to visit Greece
Torture Charge at Koah, QLD
UN expert concerned by reported retaliation against lawyer Perkins Rocha: Venezuela
Christchurch man jailed for online child sexual abuse offences
UN experts concerned over upcoming constitutional reform proposal implying greater role of Armed Forces in public security: Mexico
Urgent measures needed to end torture and ill-treatment, say experts: Nigeria
UN torture expert calls for immediate release of Israeli hostages after meeting with former hostages and families
UN experts: Urgent action needed to combat and control arms trafficking and use by mercenaries and related actors
UN torture prevention body to carry out new visit: Nigeria
UN experts alarmed by surge in executions, demand moratorium on death penalty: Iran
UN report urges accountability for years of human rights violations in Tarhuna: Libya
New law to prevent torture and ill-treatment in detention
Narges Mohammadi and other detainees with life-threatening conditions need urgent medical treatment, say experts: Iran
Special Rapporteur on Torture appalled by allegation of sexual torture by Israeli soldiers and calls for accountability
Bahrain must restore rights in Jau prison amid prisoner protests, say experts
Man charged with DV and animal cruelty offences – South Coast
Türk says crucial to continue fight against impunity after ruling in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre
Man charged with alleged domestic violence and animal cruelty offences – Narrabri
Human Right Sanctions in response to Israeli settler violence in the West Bank
Government acknowledges torture at Lake Alice
Sudan Fact-Finding Mission documents disturbing patterns of rights violations on mission in Chad
‘Atrocity crimes’ must be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, says Special Rapporteur: Iran
Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Türkiye on its Strong Commitment to Fight Violence against Women, Ask about Life Sentences in…
Urgent action required to address human rights violations in places of detention – UN report: Central African Republic
Upholding ban on female genital mutilation another historic win, say human rights experts: The Gambia
States should respect comprehensive definition of detention places as part of torture prevention efforts, says UN body
UN expert: Torture allegations continue in Syria despite ICJ order
RSPCA Executes Warrant On Cockfighting Ring
Special Rapporteurs: Scale and cycle of Iraq’s arbitrary executions may be a crime against humanity
Special Rapporteur urges global action to recognise and combat prostitution as a system of violence against women and girls
COSP17 Intervention on safeguarding people with disability in group homes during a pandemic
Innovative new youth program ready to launch in Toowoomba
UN experts reiterate call for release of detained Bahá’ís: Yemen
Paradigm shift towards rehabilitative approach needed for effective torture prevention, UN experts find: Mongolia