torture
Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: Yemen
Middle East
October 22, 2020
Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: Yemen
The Guantanamo detainees were promised they were being sent to a Muslim country for rehabilitation that would help integrate them…
‘They killed us twice’: finding loved ones at last among Syria’s tortured dead
Middle East
August 7, 2020
‘They killed us twice’: finding loved ones at last among Syria’s tortured dead
AMMAN/IDLIB/BERLIN (Reuters) — Some families say it is better to know and mourn. Others say finally learning what happened is…
Human rights group accuses Saudi forces in Yemen of abuses
Middle East
March 25, 2020
Human rights group accuses Saudi forces in Yemen of abuses
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi military forces have committed grave abuses against civilians in an eastern province of Yemen over the…
First trial on torture in Syria to open in Germany in April
Middle East
March 11, 2020
First trial on torture in Syria to open in Germany in April
BERLIN (Reuters) — The first trial of suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s security services for crimes against humanity,…
Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing
Middle East
February 10, 2020
Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was…
Lebanese-American who worked for Israel charged with murder
Middle East
February 5, 2020
Lebanese-American who worked for Israel charged with murder
BEIRUT (AP) — A military investigative judge charged a Lebanese-American man with murder and torture of Lebanese citizens Tuesday, crimes…
European money spawns more misery for migrants in Libya
Middle East
December 31, 2019
European money spawns more misery for migrants in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — When the European Union funneled millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants…
Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester
Middle East
December 30, 2019
Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester
CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country’s security forces to death for torturing…
Egyptian court imprisons grandmother for abuse of granddaughter
Egypt
October 12, 2019
Egyptian court imprisons grandmother for abuse of granddaughter
The Shirbin Misdemeanors Court in Daqahlia on Saturday sentenced Safaa, 41, to three years in prison for physically abusing her…
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold
World
October 7, 2019
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold
Journalist and former prisoner Dilmurod Saidov knows a thing or two about the brutal rule of Uzbekistan’s first leader, the…