torture
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Princess says Interpol warrant 'politically targets' her and partner
Sheikha Moneera Fahad Al Sabah and blogger Mesaed al-Mesaileem say they face torture and possible death if extradited.
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Lithuania pays Guantánamo ‘forever prisoner’ Abu Zubaydah €100,000 over CIA torture
Abu Zubaydah has been detained for over 20 years and was subjected to torture at various CIA black sites.
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Saudi interrogators torture, sexually abuse jailed women's rights activists: Report
A new damning report has revealed that imprisoned Saudi women’s rights activists are tortured and sexually abused by their interrogators at detention centers in the kingdom.
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PPS Report: 95% of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons subjected to torture
The Israeli occupation authorities utilize physical and psychological methods of torture against Palestinian prisoners and detainees. According to the report, 95% of detainees and prisoners are subjected to torture, from the moment of their arrest, throughout interrogation, as well as in prison.
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Bahrain court upholds death sentences against political detainees
The Court of Cassation in Bahrain confirmed death sentences against Hussein Rashid and Zuhair Abdullah, despite allegations that their confessions were extracted under torture.
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Israel holds 200 Palestinian children in its jails
The commission announced the news in a statement on the eve of the Palestinian Child's Day on April 5, saying that these minors, who are from the occupied West Bank and eastern sector of Jerusalem al-Quds, are kept in three Israeli prisons, namely Damon, Megiddo and Ofer.