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Georgian police raided the offices of opposition parties on Wednesday after the government vowed to crack down on those organising pro-EU protests, deepening a...
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A Paraguayan court has sentenced an 87-year-old former policeman to 30 years in jail for brutal torture carried out during the country’s military dictatorship,...
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Five decades ago, he was a feared policeman nicknamed “the Whip,” an enforcer of Paraguay’s military dictatorship. Today, aged 87, Eusebio Torres is finally...
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A top United Nations expert on Thursday urged law enforcement agencies around the world to ban 20 “modern-day torture tools,” such as spiked batons,...
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Syria faces allegations at the UN top court Tuesday that it maintains a “pervasive” system of torture that has killed tens of thousands of...
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For the first time since Francisco Franco’s death in 1975, a victim who says he was tortured by the dictator’s regime will testify before...
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Just months before the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, Julio Pacheco Yepes says he was arrested and tortured by police for...
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Cries of pain ring out from the dark hallways and cramped cells, punctuated by the sound of electric shocks. Wearing headsets and sensors, viewers...
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This month’s dramatic Ukrainian advance north of Kharkiv drove Russian forces back across the border, and uncovered evidence of torture under their occupation. Ukraine’s...
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“On the second day, they broke my arm,” said Mykhailo Chindey, recalling his interrogation by Russian soldiers. “One person was holding my hand and...