Tag: torture
Franco-era torture victims testify in court
full screen A man looks at a floral tribute to the dictator at the Mingorrubio cemetery outside Madrid, where Francisco Franco’s remains were moved in 2019. File photo. Photo: Manu…
IS used a children’s hospital in Aleppo as a torture chamber
Published 2023-09-06 23:52 full screen Troops from the terrorist organization Is. Photo: AFP IS used the children’s hospital in Aleppo as a torture chamber for its prisoners. Then they began…
two NGOs file a complaint for the torture and death of a man in a gendarmerie station
According to these organisations, the deceased man had been arbitrarily detained in a gendarmerie station where he was allegedly tortured. A complaint has been filed and the NGOs are demanding…
Guantanamo judge rejects detainee’s confession obtained under torture
A US military magistrate ruled on Friday August 18 that the confessions of a man suspected of being linked to an al-Qaeda attack could not be used as evidence because…
torture for 12 years? What we know
A man was arrested in Forbach (Moselle) on Monday August 7, 2023. He is suspected of having tortured his wife for more than ten years. She says she has been…
Ex-cops in Mississippi admit to torture
full screen Protesters outside the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in early July. Archive image. Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP/TT Six former police officers in Mississippi, all white, have pleaded guilty to…
Ex-cops in Mississippi admit to torture
“This is the most horrific case of police brutality I have heard of in my entire career and I am ashamed that it happened in this department,” said Bryan Bailey,…
Players are so refusing to torture Alexstrasza that Blizzard is now rewriting a quest ending
The next patch for World of Warcraft, “Cracks in Time”, is scheduled to be released in July 2023, but players discovered a quest on the public test servers whose content…
Asia crouches under extreme heat: ‘Torture’
A woman tries to cool down her boiler with a cold drink in Beijing earlier this week. 1 / 3 Photo: Andy Wong/AP/TT Temperatures are rising across Asia – where…
Asia crouches under extreme heat: ‘Torture’
Fact: Stressful for health With climate change, heat waves are expected to become more common. Sustained periods of heat during the summer can cause health problems and increased mortality. This…