&quot;Mercenaries&quot; accuse police of torture
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Two South African men accused of plotting to overthrow the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea say they have been stripped, beaten and threatened with electrical shocks during six months detention in Zimbabwe.
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HAITIâS interim prime minister has accused ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide of directing violence from exile. Gerard Latortue has also claimed that the South African government hosting Aristide is violating international law.
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A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay said in a letter revealed Friday he was tortured and abused during detention, in what is believed to be the first such claim to come from inside the prison.
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A report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, quoted Tuesday by the New York Times, accuses the US military of using interrogation tactics that amount to torture against prisoners
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French, US and German rights groups said Friday they had filed suit for "torture" against ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, currently in Paris, for his role in the Iraq war and the US "war on terror".
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Egypt's politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the regime's security services amid a rising tide of outrage over police brutality.
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In places like Congo and Kosovo, peacekeepers have been accused of abusing the people they're protecting.
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A June 25 report is among dozens of documents made public Tuesday that allege brutal and sometimes illegal interrogation methods employed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Nigerian police routinely torture and ill treat suspects, the UN special rapporteur on torture has said.
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Haiti&#39;s interim prime minister accused ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of backing a wave of violence from exile in South Africa, while a Chinese police unit arrived to join a UN peacekeeping force that has
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Pentagon may not have acted on FBI complaints about incidents, including a interrogator grabbing a detainee&#39;s genitals. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - FBI agents witnessed &quot;highly aggressive&quot; interrogations and mistreatment
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Iraqi authorities routinely torture  prisoners, a leading human rights group said on Tuesday, citing  examples of abuse which will sound all too familiar to those  who suffered under Saddam Hussein.
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The wife of one of ex prime minister Tony Blair&#39;s top aides accused police who probed the &quot;cash for honours&quot; row of &quot;Gestapo tactics&quot; Sunday in the angry aftermath of the inquiry&#39;s end.
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Electric shocks, cigarette burnings, beatings and other tortures are routinely carried out by Indonesian security forces against detainees suspected of supporting armed Aceh separatists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday.
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A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay yesterday claimed he had been subjected to &quot;vindictive torture&quot; and death threats by the US authorities.
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A British citizen being held at GuantÃ¡namo Bay was subjected to &quot;vindictive torture&quot; and death threats while in US custody, according to claims in a letter he wrote that has been published today.
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A South African on trial in Equatorial Guinea for plotting a coup said on Monday he had been tortured and two defendants said they were forced to sign confessions