The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of the 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 victims tortured under disgraced police Cmdr. Jon Burge. But it was Mayor Brandon ...

Survivors and advocates call the future Chicago Torture Justice Memorial the final "unfulfilled promise" in their fight for ...

DENVER (AP) — Suspected of backing a coup plot against the longtime dictator of Gambia nearly 20 years ago, Pharing Sanyang described Thursday how he was beaten with pipes and palm tree branches, ...

This post by Sanaa Mhaimdi, was first published in Arabic by Raseef 22* on February 8, 2025. This edited version was translated into English and published on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing ...

In April, I sat in on the closing arguments of Al Shimari v. CACI, a federal lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of three victims of torture at Abu Ghraib against ...

On Thursday, Amnesty International called upon the new regime in Syria to provide support to people who were detained and subjected to torture in its military prisons. Survivors of Syria’s detention ...

A group, Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON), has expressed displeasure over torture of suspects detained by police and other security agents. The group urged the Federal Government and law ...

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Founding President of the Sri Lanka College of Legal Medicine, Ruhuna University's Forensic Medicine Chair Prof. Clifford Perera explained that while physical injuries are easily ...

Denmark, on behalf of the UK and 38 other countries, reaffirm commitment to the absolute prohibition of torture, condemning its continued use across ...

The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of the 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 ...