Torture
Izium: after Russian retreat, horrors of Russian occupation are revealed
As the Ukrainian city’s five-month ordeal ends, the evidence of dead bodies and survivors’ testimonies suggests Izium could be another Bucha
Luke Harding in Izium
17, Sep, 2022 @6:30 PM
Five key points from the UN report on Xinjiang human rights abuses
Damning report cites human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in north-west Chinese province
Helen Davidson in Taipei
01, Sep, 2022 @12:44 PM
British Sikh activist ‘tortured in India after tip-off from UK intelligence’
Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017
Matthew Weaver
23, Aug, 2022 @1:55 PM
Taliban presiding over extensive rights abuses in Afghanistan, says UN
Allegations include 160 killings of ex-government officials and security forces, torture and punishments
Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul
21, Jul, 2022 @9:29 AM
Ukrainian boy held hostage by Russia tells of cleaning up torture rooms
Vladislav Buryak was kept for 90 days and describes people screaming and a room with bloodstains and soaked bandages
Peter Beaumont in Kyiv
19, Jul, 2022 @12:28 PM
‘There were plans to poison Julian’: Ithaka, the film charting Assange’s fight for freedom
From his Belmarsh wedding to his skateboarding round Ecuador’s embassy, Ithaka tells the story of the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition battle, through the eyes of his hard-campaigning father
Duncan Campbell
30, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
‘Where is Liz Truss?’: sister of activist held in Cairo jail urges UK to act
Sanaa Seif says UK government is not standing up for her brother Alaa Abd El Fattah, on hunger strike and facing death
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
14, Jun, 2022 @6:56 PM
Exiles angry as Queen hosts king of Bahrain
UK is ‘haven for dictators’ says critic after Queen invites ruler who outlawed political opposition in Middle Eastern state to the Royal Windsor horse show
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
15, May, 2022 @8:00 AM
Tortured to death: the 14 Cypriot men killed by British in 50s uprising
Book reveals fate of EOKA guerrilla fighters at the hands of the army during the dying days of empire on the Mediterranean island
Mark Townsend
07, May, 2022 @12:26 PM
The Saudi regime just executed 81 people – so why is Boris Johnson cosying up to it? | Maya Foa
The UK needs to reduce its reliance on Russian oil. But the answer is not a kingdom that has just staged its largest mass execution, says Maya Foa, director of Reprieve
Maya Foa
16, Mar, 2022 @3:04 PM
UK spies who allegedly passed questions to CIA torturers subject to English law, court rules
Abu Zubaydah, tortured at CIA ‘black sites’ in six different countries, has right to sue UK government
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
16, Mar, 2022 @3:01 PM
The Guardian view on CIA torture, two decades on: we need the truth | Editorial
Editorial: The systematic brutalisation of detainees was pointless as well as cruel. An honest reckoning is long overdue
Editorial
15, Mar, 2022 @7:02 PM
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