Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, summarily executing dozens of them, the United Nations human rights office said Tuesday. The global body interviewed hundreds of victims and witnesses
Saudi Arabia has executed a Jordanian man whose loved ones said he was tortured into giving a false confession to drug-related charges. Hussein Abu al-Khair, 57, was arrested in 2014 after being accused of smuggling amphetamines while crossing into Saudi Arabia from
British police are searching for a group of men who have repeatedly tortured foxes – including setting them on fire in East London. An animal rescue group called the police late last month about a fox being set on fire in a
An alcoholic mother-of-three who drank up to three bottles of wine a day has been handed a four year sentence for “the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour” the presiding judge in her case had ever seen. Sheree Spencer, 45, spent
A former British soldier who was captured by Russia’s forces while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops and brutally tortured to the point he couldn’t walk has warned Vladimir Putin: “One day, you’ll be found out.” Shaun Pinner from Bedfordshire was one of five
A former Russian military officer who fled his post has described the horrifying moment he witnessed his “crazy” colonel shoot an unarmed Ukrainian under his kneecap for information. After moving to a “logistics headquarters” in April last year, in the town of
A Sudanese teen refugee has been released from a detention center in western Libya where he was held for five months after being kidnapped and tortured by gunmen demanding ransom, his family said Wednesday. Mazen Adam, 15, from Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region,
Elephant-related tourism in Thailand is a £415million-a-year industry (Image: Save Elephant Foundation) Standing in the burning heat, jabbed with metal hooks, with chains cutting into their flesh – this is the cruel reality behind elephant tourism in Thailand. And tourists from Britain
An Iranian prisoner, and new father, has been offered medical treatment after alleged torture by authorities in order to look presentable for his execution, reports claim. Hassan Firouzi was arrested after being accused of joining a protest against Iran’s enforcement of hijab