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NYC LGBT
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Palestinians expose torture and sexual violence in Israeli detention

Palestinian detainees report torture and sexual violence in Israeli prisons, with lasting psychological trauma after release.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

The harrowing reality of being a prisoner of war in Russia - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Recent prisoner-of-war exchanges between Ukraine and Russia reveal widespread torture and abuse in Russian detention facilities, with survivors reporting systematic psychological and physical mistreatment throughout captivity.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges

Almost 60 Palestinian journalists detained since 7 October 2023 have been beaten, starved, subjected to sexual violence, and tortured in Israeli custody.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

I wondered if I would be a coward or not': five Ukrainian men on how war has changed them

A 24-year-old Ukrainian ex-marine endured three years of Russian captivity involving beatings, torture, starvation, and medical neglect, and returned to a changed family.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

I could not stay silent': Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jail

At least one of the group knew a crime was being committed and intervened, not to stop the torture but to prevent its documentation. Al-Saei said he heard the man warning others don't take a photo, don't take a photo as they attacked. He bled from his rectum for more than three weeks after the assault, which happened soon after he was detained in February 2024.
World news
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Cruelest forms of torture': freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Palestinian detainees experienced systemic torture, medical neglect, and starvation during prolonged Israeli detention and were released without being charged.
fromenglish.elpais.com
8 months ago

Maksim Butkevich, victim of Russian torture: I told my interrogator he was going to break my shoulder, but he said he knew what he was doing'

Cynicism is a weapon of war, and Russia is a sharpshooter. Its president, Vladimir Putin, is considering withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture (ECPT), to which it has been a party since 1998. A political mockery that deepens the open wound of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in Russian prisons, victims of terrible abuse. Maksim Butkevich, 48, is one of them.
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