Khmer Rouge tribunal files genocide charge against ex-leader of Cambodia’s 1970s regime

Last Khmer Rouge defendant charged with genocide

Khmer Rouge prison chief’s trial enters final stage at U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia

Trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief in final stage

Canada’s top court hears appeal in case of youngest Guantanamo detainee

Canada Supreme Court hears Gitmo case

OTTAWA — Canada’s federal government is urging the country’s top court to overturn a judicial order that obligates the government to seek the repatriation of the youngest detainee held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay.

Philippine leader signs anti-torture law amid criticisms of her government’s rights record

Philippine president signs anti-torture law

Zimbabwe judge rules torture can be raised in case that has shaken coalition

Zimbabwe judge: Torture can be raised in case

Former Bush aide asks court to toss convicted terrorist’s lawsuit challenging torture memos

Former Bush aide seeks to toss torture memos suit

Mexican prison guard arrested for torture; abuse sparked deadly riots that killed 2 Americans

Guard arrested for torture in Tijuana prison riots

Mexican prison director accused of torturing inmates, killing 1, caught after year on the run

Mexican prison director arrested for torture

Trial begins for Argentina’s last dictator, ex-generals for kidnapping, torture and murder

Last Argentine dictator, ex-generals go on trial

Appeals court: Canadian man mistaken for terrorist, detained after 9/11 attacks cannot sue US

Appeals court: Detained Canadian cannot sue the US

UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists alarming

UN panel: killing of Russian journalists alarming

Zimbabwe: UN torture investigator stopped at airport after ignoring word he would be blocked

Zimbabwe: UN torture investigator stopped

JOHANNESBURG — The United Nations’ torture investigator said Wednesday he was stopped by immigration authorities as he tried to enter Zimbabwe in defiance of officials who rescinded his invitation.

Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator but he plans to proceed at invitation of PM

Zimbabwe blocks visit of UN torture investigator

UN rights office says Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator

UN: Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator

Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees demand evidence of their alleged torture be heard in public

Ex-Gitmo detainees sue UK to make evidence public

5 charged with torturing, robbing California loan modification agents hired to save home

5 charged with torturing Calif. home loan agents

Woman convicted in 2007 West Virginia torture case says attack was real, not based on race

WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — A woman serving in prison for her role in the 2007 kidnapping and torture of a black woman in West Virginia says the victim wasn’t telling the truth when she denied this week that the attack occurred.

Caretaker says Ohio woman who recanted West Virginia torture claim has changed story before

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The caregiver of a black Ohio woman who recanted 2007 allegations of being tortured says the woman has mental issues and has more than once changed her version of what happened.

One-time advocate says woman who recanted West Virginia torture story is being manipulated

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman who claims her 2007 kidnapping and torture ordeal was a lie is being manipulated, according to a lawyer who once spoke on her behalf and raised thousands of dollars for her.

W.Va. woman says she lied in high-profile torture case with racial implications

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a black woman told West Virginia authorities in 2007 that seven white people had raped and tortured her over several days in a racially motivated attack, minority rights groups rallied to her support.

W.Va. woman says she lied about torture at hands of whites; case raised questions about racism

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A black woman at the center of a 2007 torture case that raised questions about racism in West Virginia now says she lied about being a victim.

Court orders British government to release details of ex-Guantanamo detainee’s alleged torture

LONDON — Seven secret paragraphs detailing the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo detainee should be disclosed, a British High Court has ruled — a decision that could ignite fresh criticism of U.S. interrogation practices and raise prickly questions for the British government.

UK court orders govt to disclose secret details of ex-Guantanamo detainee’s alleged torture

LONDON — Britain’s High Court says the government must disclose secret details of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s alleged torture.

Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus, the last European country using capital punishment

TATARYA VILLAGE, Belarus — His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.

Zimbabwe: top Mugabe cronies dumped by state in torture case; told to defend themselves

HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwean official says several top officials and cronies of President Robert Mugabe being sued for torture have been renounced by the state and will not receive legal assistance.

Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at Bush freed, claims he was tortured in jail

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him.

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush freed; says he was tortured with electric shocks after arrest

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him.

Iraqi shoe thrower freed; says he was tortured with electric shock!

iraq_shoe_thrower-BAGHDAD — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush says he was tortured with beatings, whippings and electric shocks during his first few days in custody.

British spy agency MI6 reports own officer amid torture concerns, prompting police probe

LONDON — Britain’s foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country’s possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, officials said.

British police investigate charges that spy agency MI6 was complicit in torture

LONDON — British police are investigating an allegation that the country’s MI6 overseas spy agency was complicit in torture, the second inquiry launched in recent months examining the conduct of the country’s spies.

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