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Opinion: Populism, whether in Israel or America, is destructive
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Convention Against Torture says “no exceptional circumstances whatsoever ... may be invoked as a...
Ukrainian accounts of torture ‘go way beyond rogue Russian troops’, UN warns
The Independent UK via AOL· 9 months agoAllegations of Ukraine’s civilians being snatched from their homes and abused in makeshift detention...
Taliban vows to continue public floggings and executions as UN raises alarm
The Independent UK via AOL· 12 months agoHundreds of flogging incidents, public executions and stonings carried out by the Taliban in...
Outlaw superpower: The United States refuses to play by the world’s rules
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGuantanamo protest Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In 1963, the summer I turned 11, my...
After 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA group of Spanish people have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for torture they and others...
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings...
The top UN court has ordered Syria to do all it can to prevent torture
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within...
The Unbearable Heat of Prisons in Summer
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCredit - Getty Images Like many people, I knew nothing about the heat crisis in U.S. prisons for most of my life. I first learned of the crisis in early...
First ever video of ICE using controversial method to force feed hunger striker
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoShocking new video captures for the first time officials from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
UN raises alarms over US using nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama execution
Newsy via AOL· 4 months agoThe symbol of the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters. United Nations experts say they are...