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First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 2 reports

Morocco Denies 'Torturing' Sahrawi Protesters

Morocco denied on Saturday accusations by Amnesty International that security forces tortured six men who were arrested after a demonstration calling for the independence of Western Sahara.The Sahrawis were arrested on May 9 in connection with a protest ... [Published Naharnet - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Morocco, Western Sahara, Torture, Protesters

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Evidence of torture, arbitrary detention found in Syria government centers: HRW

[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Friday urged [report] Syrian opposition leaders and neutral international experts to safeguard evidence of torture and arbitrary detention uncovered in government intelligence facilities in Raqqa, ... [Published ACQ Magazine - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Government of Syria, Torture, Custody, Raqqa, Syria

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 8 reports

Former Argentine Dictator Dies

Via the BBC: Argentina ex-military leader Jorge Rafael Videla dies Former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. He is reported to have died from natural causes in ... [Published Outside The Beltway | OTB - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Dictator, Jorge Rafael Videla, Isabel Peron, Torture, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 6 reports

Rights groups say "disappeared" in Syria number in tens of thousands

BEIRUT About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off.That was a year ago. The young ... [Published Denver Post - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Damascus, Human Rights, Custody

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 6 reports

Sergey Lavrov

Assad's Government Tortured Citizens, Says HRW

Syrians were arbitrarily detained and tortured by government forces in security buildings in northern Syria, says Human Rights Watch.First Publish: 5/18/2013, 12:13 AMPresident Bashar al-AssadAFP photoSyrians were arbitrarily detained and tortured by ... [Published Israel National News - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Torture, Syria, Sergey Lavrov, Peacekeeping

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 3 reports

United Nations

UN chief calls for early Syria peace talks

SOCHI: A proposed international conference on Syria should be held as soon as possible, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday, but no date has yet been agreed for a meeting that appears to face growing obstacles. Ban spoke as UN officials announced ... [Published Himalayan Times - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Talks, Syria, United Nations

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 23 reports

Government of Syria

Evidence of torture, arbitrary detention found in Syria government centers: HRW

Entities: Government of Syria, Torture, Custody

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

High Court confirms failings of Rule 35: 'Detention of Torture Survivors Ruled Unlawful' (News)

The High Court ruled today that five torture survivors were unlawfully detained by the Home Secretary. The cases all involved problems with the application of an important safeguard imposed by Parliament to ensure that torture survivors are not detained ... [Published Freedom from Torture - May 17 2013]

Entities: Torture, Custody, UK Home Office

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Kenya reviewed on torture reforms

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 17 (UPI) --Kenyan Attorney General Githu Muigai briefed a U.N. committee against torture from Geneva. He said there have been major improvements in Kenya's human rights record in terms of how it applies U.N. conventions on torture ... [Published UPI - May 17 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Torture, Reformism, Geneva, Daniel Bekele

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

AI calls for investigation into torture of 6 Saharawi activists

(SPS) - Amnesty International has called, in a news-story published Thursday on its website, upon the Moroccan authorities to “immediately launch a full, independent and impartial investigation” into the torture of six Sahrawi activists, 17-year old El ... [Published Sahara Press Service - May 17 2013]

Entities: Torture, Amnesty International, Detainee

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Lawyers’ killing, torture: Agencies asked to assist police in tracing culprits

ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the premier intelligence agencies to assist the Rawalpindi police in tracing the culprits responsible for the recent spate of murder, kidnappings and torturing of a number of lawyers.A three-judge ... [Published DAWN Group - May 17 2013]

Entities: Rawalpindi, Torture, Islamabad

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 5 reports

DU girl’s father hires goons to torture and rape her ‘boyfriend’

A Delhi University student was sodomised and had dogs set upon him for his friendship with a girl. The girl’s father allegedly got his henchmen to torture the student, police said on Thursday. The father has been arrested and the hunt is on for his accomplices. ... [Published Pune Mirror - May 17 2013]

Entities: Torture, Rape, Delhi University, Accomplice, Friendship

Quotes

...understand is you know, when you take a man's life, you take everything that he is ever going to encounter again from that moment on<" Wonsey says. "That's the burden you have to carry. Any interaction he was ever going to have you brought to a screeching halt. You're the one who has to carry that burden."

(New) 'Stand downs' serve vets who live in woods near Forks (Video) [Published KEPR-TV - 51 mins ago]

...The cover, as TPM noted , is likely "an allusion to the Roman Emperor Nero, who is said to have 'fiddled while Rome burned.' "

National Review Caricatures Hillary Clinton As Infamous Roman Emperor [Published Media Matters for America - 1 hour ago]

The editors in the statement said, "We are deeply concerned over the closure of daily Amar Desh by sealing off its press, allegation of torture on its acting editor Mahmurdur Rahman in custody, filing of case against Mahmuda Begum, acting chairman of Amar Desh Publications Ltd, and case against Sangram editor Abul Asad barring Amar Desh staffs from printing the newspaper in alternative printing presses, and closure of the two private TV channels -- Diganta and Islamic TV."

Editors’ joint statement [Published The New Nation - 1 hour ago]

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Bogus proof to frame innocents [Published Hindustan Times - 23 mins ago]
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For whom the bell tolls ? [Published The Voice St Lucia - 39 mins ago]
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Videla, leader of Argentina’s ‘Dirty War,’ dies... [Published Taipei Times Online - 54 mins ago]
National Review Caricatures Hillary Clinton As ... [Published Media Matters for America - 1 hour ago]
Crime and Punishment : Torturers Face Trial [Published Counter Currents - 1 hour ago]
Victims for Different Sectors Recou... [Published Bulatlat.com - 1 hour ago]
Awards given to achievers [Published Individual.com - 1 hour ago]
Editors’ joint statement [Published The New Nation - 1 hour ago]
And Justice For Some: Cleveland kidnappings sho... [Published Wicked Local Belmont - 1 hour ago]
Brothers in arms against evil [Published New Indian Express - 1 hour ago]
Morocco Denies 'Torturing' Sahrawi Protesters [Published Naharnet - 1 hour ago]
U.N.: More than 1.5 million fled Syria, 4 milli... [Published CNN - 1 hour ago]
Mecca Masjid blast anniversary passes off peace... [Published The Hindu - 2 hours ago]
UP murder suspect dies after cops inject petrol... [Published Samaylive - 2 hours ago]
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Annual Event Helps Torture Treatment Center [Published VOA News - 2 hours ago]
Dictator ruled Argentina during the ?Dirty War? [Published Bend Bulletin - 3 hours ago]
CIHRS: Western Sahara is open arena for wide-ra... [Published Sahara Press Service - 3 hours ago]
Big Brother of Arab Spring [Published Gulf News - 3 hours ago]
Undertrial dies after police torture; sub-inspe... [Published Business Standard India - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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Former Argentine Dictator Dies [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - 5 hours ago] Via the BBC: Argentina ex-military leader Jorge Rafael Videla dies Former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. He is reported to have died from natural causes in ...
Target: Carrasco...he came out of it unharmed [Published Borderland Beat - 11 hours ago] RioDoce (May 13, 2013)Translated by un vato for Borderland Beat First, they accused him of controlling and exploiting the drug vendors in Ahome, then they threatened to kill him and, finally, they carried out the attack. But Commander Carrasco came out ...
Mike Burns: National Review Caricatures Hillary... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - 13 hours ago] The cover of the June 3 issue of National Review shows a caricature of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with exaggerated features and playing a fiddle in front of what appears to be the attacked U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya engulfed ...
Why There Is So Much Pro-War Reporting [Published The Big Picture Blog - 14 hours ago] 5 Reasons that Both Mainstream Media – and Gatekeeper “Alternative” Websites – Are Pro-War Why There Is So Much Pro-War Reporting There are five reasons that the mainstream media and the largest alternative media websites are both pro-war. 1. Self-Censorship ...
Cleveland officers on discovering missing women [Published Anderson Cooper 360 - 17 hours ago] Police officers who first entered the house where three missing Cleveland women were allegedly held captive and tortured for years, describe the emotional rescue. ...

Audio/Video

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Rights group has 'evidence' of Syrian governmen... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11 hours ago]
Human Rights Watch says they've found torture d... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 17 2013]
Hunger Hell: Gitmo force-feeding in handcuffs '... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - May 16 2013]
Captive Cleveland Women Subjected to Horrifying... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - May 16 2013]
Ariel Castro Victims' Horrifying Torture and Mi... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - May 11 2013]

Press Releases

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Hess Comments on Elliott Letter [Published Business Wire - May 13 2013]
Budget boost for mental health beds, services a... [Published Premier of Victoria - May 07 2013]
Survivors to Tell Their Personal Stories from C... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Apr 23 2013]
CAIR Says Torture Report Shows Need to Stop 'Er... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Apr 17 2013]
S.744 Offers Historic and Bipartisan Progress o... [Published PR Newswire - Apr 17 2013]