Tag: torture
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…
You get jail after torture interrogation in a boiler room in Dalarna
For several months, a woman was subjected to abuse and death threats by her partner in Dalarna. The man, who is in his 40s, held, among other things, “torture interrogations”…
Ukraine: the Russian army accused of practicing torture in a “systematic” way
A UN expert expressed concern, this Thursday, June 15, about multiple testimonies showing that Russian troops in Ukraine “systematically and intentionally” torture civilians and prisoners of war, with the approval…
The most brutal fantasy film of the year is a celebration of cannibalism and torture that Arnold Schwarzenegger could only dream of
Arnold Schwarzenegger made it big in Hollywood in 1982 with Conan the Barbarian. For some time now, the former Governator has been flirting with a return to the muscular warrior…