Latest torture News

UN experts demand truth and accountability after Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera dies in custody: Nicaragua
New Questions and Answers paper sets out path towards torture-free trade
3 Persons and 4 entities listed under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 – Human Rights
Prison overcrowding may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, UN torture prevention body warns: France
Gdeim Izik cases reveal torture, coerced confessions, and failure to investigate, UN committee finds: Morocco
UN torture prevention body to make first visit to places of detention: France
Israel must immediately release Gaza-bound Flotilla activists, say UN experts
Assault And Domestic Violence Charges, Tara Area
Woman charged with torture and failing to supply necessaries at Logan Reserve, QLD
UN experts appalled by allegations of death in custody of forcibly disappeared persons: Nicaragua
Sweden violated rights of child with severe disabilities by deporting him to Albania despite medical risks, UN committee finds
UN experts warn Jagtar Singh Johal’s prolonged detention amounts to psychological torture: India
Robbery, torture and deprivation of liberty charges in , QLD
UN experts warn of torture, suicide attempts, deaths and reprisals in custody: Belarus
UN Committee against Torture to review Tajikistan, Italy, Gabon and Pakistan
New Israeli death penalty law risks violating absolute prohibition of torture, says UN expert
UN experts: Israel’s death penalty law constitutes discriminatory regime of capital punishment
UN experts urge Türkiye to end criminalisation of human rights defenders and lawyers
Appointments of Attorney General and Ombudsperson must be merit-based, say UN experts: Venezuela
UN Special Rapporteur expresses deep concern over announcements of pardons for members of security forces involved in human rights violations
Attempted Murder Charges at Linville, QLD
Visit to Morocco of the Special Rapporteur on torture postponed
NTEU Statement On Violent Repression In Iran
Appointment of the Aged Care Commissioner
UN experts condemn Taliban’s surging use of corporal punishment: Afghanistan
UN experts welcome prisoner releases, but warn that forced expulsion and deportation violate human rights: Belarus
UN experts warn of extreme M23 violence targeting human rights defenders: DRC
UN expert calls for more support to Emergency Response Rooms volunteers: Sudan
UN experts warn of systemic policing failures over reports of deaths and torture in custody: India
UN experts: Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls
Beckenham Woman Charged With Dog Torture And Beating
Deprivation of liberty and stolen vehicle charges in Warwick, QLD
UN torture prevention experts recognise progress, but urge strengthening of torture prevention measures: Mexico
Türk calls on authorities to halt rapid closure of civic space: Burkina Faso
Türk urges ambition on crimes against humanity treaty
UN expert calls for hostage-taking to be included in crimes against humanity treaty
Update 5: Suspicious disappearance investigation, Kelvin Grove
UN torture prevention body returns, seeking concrete progress: Mexico
Additional two men charged over animal cruelty near Bourke – Strike Force Salwood
Special Rapporteur: International human rights law must guide any future transition in Venezuela
UN expert raises alarm over substandard detention conditions of Bushra Bibi Khan: Pakistan
Disbarring lawyers and appropriating property were reprisals for UN cooperation, committee finds: Burundi
UN expert slams US decision to end temporary protection for people fleeing Myanmar as ‘assault on human rights’
Lake Alice torture redress report released
National Day of Reflection for survivors of abuse & neglect in care
Pivotal moment to strengthen torture safeguards, UN body says: Mozambique
UN Committee against Torture to review Israel, Argentina, Bahrain and Albania
UN expert calls on States to end externalisation arrangements that expose migrants to grave rights violations