Torture

Prince Harry's major project in Africa is the subject of new torture allegations over an interrogation technique known as "the swing."

Authorities confirmed that Kyle Hayden Lewter, 36, and the victim were known to each other prior to their alleged encounter.

Prince Harry "immediately escalated" accusations of the abuse of tribespeople by guards from African Parks, where he is a director.

Freedom House gave Vietnam a score of 19 out of 100 in the 2023 edition of its Freedom in the World report.

Law enforcement in France has arrested a 55-year-old man on suspicion of keeping his wife captive since 2011.

The 5-year-old's adoptive parents were charged in his death following an investigation into allegations of "severe child abuse."

The cat, affectionately known as Little Friend by the Hayden family, was part of an outdoor colony of roughly 30 felines. The family fears for their safety.

The BBC found there are monkey torture rings all over the world where people pay for videos showing the violent acts.

After enduring years of torture and abuse, Cheryl Rainfield fled her tormenters. Now an award-winning author, she writes books to help other survivors.

A widely-circulated post claims Gibson spoke of "satanic ritual ceremonies" in Hollywood, where participants drink children's blood and "eat their flesh."

DeSantis, the Florida governor viewed as a potential presidential candidate, has faced allegations of overseeing torture at the notorious prison.

The prison doesn't want Paul to report on the Wagner recruitment. When there is silence, we think of the worst that can happen.

During his captivity, Ivan Fedorov said he could hear the screams of other prisoners as Russian captors broke their limbs.

Officials spent an hour attempting to insert an IV line into Kenneth Smith's veins before concluding they had run out of time to carry out the execution.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it had discovered a "torture chamber" where Russian occupiers tortured pro-Ukrainian Kherson residents.

"When the occupiers are unable to torture & kill civilians, they do it to animals," Ukrainian officials alleged in a Twitter post.

At least 10 alleged torture sites have already been discovered in the town of Izium, which was liberated by Ukraine's military in early September.

"In a cell that can hold four people, the Russian military held more than 20," according to officials in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

John Basco, 48, made headlines around the world after he alleged the pop song was used to "torture" him during a previous stint in jail.

"He said he needed to kill me and conscientiously tried to do so for 15-20 minutes," the activist said of the attacker, per RIA Novosti news agency.

The bus driver, identified as 39-year-old Michael Chick, was arrested and charged "with interstate stalking."

Only in the Orwellian world of the United Nations could one find a Chinese "human rights expert" welcoming Iceland's "increasing efforts for the implementation of the Convention Against Torture," while recommending "your country have a specific definition of torture in your criminal law... to teach you to carry out your own constitution, not only international treaties."

Authorities said that the two children had been in the care of three suspects for "approximately the last four weeks."

Videos of animals being teased as a form of torture have surfaced on multiple social media platforms.

Amid the Ukraine War, the Russian Committee for the Prevention of Torture struggled as police arrested thousands of anti-war protesters.

"We probably would've been talking about a potential homicide investigation" if the waitress hadn't written the note, police said.

A professor of international criminal law says violence in American schools "is significant enough in scale and kind" to violate international laws.

The alleged chamber was purportedly found in the basement of a children's sanatorium, with five dead bodies inside.

The case concerned whether using two former CIA contractors in connection with an investigation into alleged torture would be in violation of national security.

Ross Roggio was arrested for allegedly choking an individual with a belt and threatening to cut off their finger in Iraq.