By Steve Gorman and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A federal judge in Mississippi on Thursday wrapped up sentencing of six white former law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to the “Goon …
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(This March 19 story has been corrected to say that the former officer who shot Michael Corey Jenkins was Hunter Elward, not Christian Dedmon in paragraph 18) By Brendan O’Brien …
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MADISON COUNTY, AL – Kyle Hayden Lewter, a 36-year-old GOP political staffer well-known in local circles, has been arrested and charged with the murder and sexual torture of 54-year-old Derek …
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LAPORTE COUNTY, IN – In a heartbreaking case, 28-year-old Mary Yoder has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for her involvement in the horrific abuse and eventual death of …
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BRAZOS COUNTY, TX — Jessica Bundren, a 40-year-old Texas woman, received a life sentence after a jury found her guilty of torturing her twin stepdaughters, leading to the death of …
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By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s leading conservative presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich said on Thursday that the country’s strict capital controls were an “instrument of torture” that she …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The World Court on July 19 and 20 will hear a request by the Netherlands and Canada that it order Syria to cease all acts of …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -A group of U.N. experts said on Thursday they had written to Moscow raising concerns about the use of torture by Russian military forces on Ukrainian civilians and …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, said authorities were torturing him psychologically by denying him calls with his children while …
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Montana Legislature Suspends Trans Lawmaker Who Accused GOP Of ‘Torture’ Over Transgender Bills Arjun Singh on April 26, 2023 The Montana House of Representatives has voted by a two-thirds majority …
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Over 60 Christian Dissidents Detained In Thailand Facing Imprisonment, Torture If Deported To China Philip Lenczycki on March 31, 2023 After an early morning police raid, Chinese Christian refugees in …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – A U.S. couple detained in Uganda since December accused of torturing a 10-year-old boy in their care was granted bail on Wednesday by a court in the …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department cited credible reports of killings, arrests and torture in Nicaragua, as well as harsh and life-threatening conditions in the country’s prisons, in an annual human …
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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Saturday at the end of a …
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Erinn Broadus on January 27, 2023 An Oregon man is wanted on charges of kidnapping and attempted murder after serving just over two years for similar crimes with a different …
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By Anthony Deutsch, Anna Voitenko and Olena Harmash KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Oksana Minenko, a 44-year-old accountant who lives in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said she was repeatedly detained …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – A top dissident Iranian Sunni cleric on Friday denounced as un-Islamic Iran’s alleged use of forced confessions to convict detained protesters, as weekly demonstrations continued in the …
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NEW YORK, NY – A Philadelphia man has been charged for torture and failing to provide food and drink to a group of puppies in his possession. Queens District Attorney …
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MINNEAPOLIS – A Lino Lakes man has been sentenced to 289 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearms violations in connection to …
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PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jason Rivera, 37, of Queens, NY, was convicted today at trial of kidnapping and extortion charges arising from his involvement …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – War crimes prosecutors called on Monday for a former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla commander to be sentenced to 35 years in prison for allegedly running a …
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MINNEAPOLIS – A Lino Lakes man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearms violations in connection to the December 2021 kidnapping and torture of a man, announced U.S. Attorney …
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AL-HOL, Syria (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish security forces have launched a new operation targeting Islamic State sleeper cells in a large northeastern detention camp where violence has reached record …
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‘Enough Is Enough’: Palestine Accused Of ‘Systematic Torture’ Before The International Criminal Court Micaela Burrow on July 28, 2022 The International Legal Forum (ILF), an Israel-based legal group, submitted a …
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‘Cruel, Inhuman’: UN Concludes First-Ever Investigation Into Palestine’s Record Of ‘Widespread Torture’ Micaela Burrow on July 20, 2022 The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concluded an inquiry into allegations …