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TORTURE

A witness poses for a portrait at a makeshift camp near the Mauritanian border with Mali, in the Hodh Ech Chargui region, on April 28.
WORLD
May 21, 2026
Malians tell of torture and killings by army and Russian fighters
According to data from conflict monitor ACLED, Malian government operations since 2020 have caused more than 8,500 deaths, about half of them civilians.
Former Ukrainian marine Yaroslav Rumyantsev shows a photograph of himself when he was held in Russian captivity.
WORLD
May 12, 2026
Inside the jails where Russia breaks Ukrainian prisoners ¡®like dogs¡¯
Former prisoners and families of detainees have described how strong men were ¡°broken like dogs.¡±
Demonstrators hold portraits of disappeared people during a march to Mayo Square on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the last military dictatorship (1976-1983) in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2026
Torture, hunger, screams: Recalling Argentine dictatorship¡¯s detentions
Thousands of people were killed in more than 600 detention centers over nearly eight years.
Right-leaning Israelis demonstrate next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba, against the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abusing a detainee following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel, on July 29, 2024.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2025
Israel arrests former top army lawyer over leaked abuse video
The case began in August 2024 when Israel¡¯s Channel 12 broadcast footage from a military base that appeared to show soldiers doing ¡°acts of violence¡± against a detainee.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (center) attends a press conference arranged by the Global Movement to Gaza Sweden in connection with the arrival of the released Swedish participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2025
Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest
Thunberg was detained along with 478 people in the flotilla and expelled from Israel on Monday.
A United Nations rights office report states that Russia "has subjected Ukrainian civilian detainees to consistent patterns of serious violations" of international law since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
U.N. slams ¡®systematic¡¯ Russian torture of Ukraine civilians
U.N. investigators interviewed 216 civilians released from detention in the occupied territories, and 92% ¡°gave consistent and detailed accounts¡± of torture or ill-treatment.
Police officers in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, in 2021. A 2022 U.N. report cited possible "crimes against humanity" in the region.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 10, 2025
Rights advocates demand U.N. press China on abuses in Xinjiang
Members of China¡¯s Uyghur minority appeared at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to urge officials to step up pressure on Beijing.
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History
Aug 13, 2025
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
For 95-year-old Hideo Shimizu, the 4? months he spent with the biological and chemical warfare unit of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army were just like yesterday.
Military personnel in tanks participate in a parade in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, U.N. report says
Investigators said victims were subject to beatings, electric shocks, gang rape, strangulation and other forms of torture.
Erich Schreiber, born in Colonia Dignidad, poses for a picture on his bike near Parral, Maule Province, Chile on April 15.
WORLD / Society
May 22, 2025
Chile weighs future of charming German village with dark past
The Chilean state wants to turn the former home of a brutal cult into a memorial for the victims of the country¡¯s 1973-1990 dictatorship.
Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed, a former detainee in a Damascus prison, poses for a picture with his mother at their home in Sarmada, in the northern Syrian Idlib province, on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 16, 2024
Bashar Assad¡¯s prisoner #3006 tells his story
When Syrian military intelligence officers detained Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed, they told him to forget his name and who he was.
A rebel fighter inspects writings on a jail cell wall at the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) Branch 251, also known as Al-Khatib branch, in the capital Damascus on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 16, 2024
¡®Torture after torture¡¯: Turkish inmate recalls time in Syria¡¯s jails
The man said he paid the price for the hatred Syria¡¯s authorities bore for Turkey¡¯s president, who early in the war urged the Syrian president to leave.
A sanitary serviceman stands by body bags at the morgue of a hospital in Damascus on Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 10, 2024
Syria rebels say found dozens of tortured bodies in hospital near Damascus
One rebel shared dozens of photographs showing corpses with evident signs of torture.
Syrian rebel fighters celebrate near the Clock Tower in Homs on Sunday after rebel forces entered Syria's third city overnight.
WORLD
Dec 9, 2024
Stunned, elated prisoners pour out as Syria¡¯s jails are flung open
Throughout the civil war that began in 2011 in Syria, security forces have held hundreds of thousands of people?in?detention camps known for torture.
Located in the Otemachi neighborhood, the 'skull mound' of Taira no Masakado is said to be the source of ills and misfortunes of any who would disturb the site.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 26, 2024
Take a Halloween stroll through Tokyo¡¯s dark history
Tokyo has no shortage of creepy places to check out this Halloween, and the good news is that many are conveniently accessible.
Ahmad Bin Quasem, an opposition activist and lawyer who was recently released after the expulsion of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, speaks during an interview in Dhaka earlier this month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2024
Disappeared Bangladeshi lawyer recounts Hasina¡¯s secret jail
Throughout his long incarceration, Quasem was shackled around the clock in windowless solitary confinement.
A Palestinian youth walks past piles of smoldering waste, as garbage collection and any other municipality services come to a halt due to the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at the al-Maghazi Palestinian refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2024
Israel accused of waging a ¡®war of revenge¡¯ on Palestinian prisoners
Israeli authorities have denied all accounts of alleged mistreatment including torture, rape and other sexual abuses in Israeli jails.
The Sde Teiman base, which has become synonymous with the detention of Gazans, in the Negev desert of Israel.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2024
Inside the base where Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians
Since the start of the Gaza war, the Sde Teiman military base has housed detainees who are blindfolded, handcuffed and held without charge or legal representation.
Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2024
UNRWA report says Israel coerced some agency employees to falsely admit Hamas links
The assertions are contained in a report by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency dated February 2024.
Damascus, Syria
WORLD
Oct 3, 2023
¡®Left to die¡¯: Report exposes horrors at Syria army hospital
Syrian authorities abused and left detainees to die at a Damascus military hospital, using the facility to cover up torture of prisoners, a report said.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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