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Kurdish filmmaker Gabar Choli reveals he was shackled and force-fed through a nasal tube for nearly eight months at a U.S. detention center, an experience he describes as 'inhumane' and tantamount to torture. The Guardian's investigation also found another Afghan hunger striker was similarly treated at the same Texas facility.
Six protesters in Kenya were found dumped by the roadside after being beaten and tortured in custody, according to human rights groups. They were among 355 people arrested on Thursday during a memorial for protesters killed in 2024. One person remains forcibly disappeared.
A Dutch court has sentenced Syrian interrogator Rafik A. to 26 years in prison for crimes against humanity, including torture and rape of detainees under the al-Assad regime. The landmark case marks the first in the Netherlands to prosecute sexual violence as a crime against humanity.
A chain of sexual violence built by Britain, perfected by France, and inherited by Israel is being used against Palestinians, an Al Jazeera investigation reveals. Torture is a hallmark of recent Israeli oppression of Palestinians, but it has roots in British colonial methods from Ireland and Palestine, later refined by France in Algeria.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, appeared in an Israeli court after more than 500 days in detention, with his family reporting visible signs of torture. The paediatrician, arrested during a raid on his hospital, demanded his immediate release, while human rights groups call for international action.
An activist from the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla recounts being intercepted by Israeli forces and detained aboard the military ship Nahshon for more than 50 hours, describing violence, torture, and deprivation. The activist details beatings, being crammed into metal containers, limited food and water, and injuries left untreated. He says the experience mirrored decades of Israeli treatment of Palestinians, and that solidarity among detainees sustained them.
Former Syrian Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi pleaded not guilty in an Austrian court on April 14 to charges of torture, sexual coercion, and grievous bodily harm linked to the abuse of detainees in Raqqa between 2011 and 2013. The trial of al-Halabi and co-defendant Police Lieutenant Colonel Musab Abu Rukba is expected to run until June 30, with alleged victims testifying from Syria and Europe.
Former Palestinian prisoners and human rights organizations have made shocking claims of rape, sexual violence, and physical abuse in Israeli detention facilities. Survivors describe systematic torture and humiliation by male and female Israeli guards and soldiers, with accounts documented in recent reports.
Two activists from a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza have been brought before an Israeli court days after being detained with 175 others on international waters. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish-Palestinian activist, and Thiago Avila, a Brazilian social environmentalist, went on hunger strike while in custody and reported being tortured. The Global Sumud Flotilla of over 50 vessels aimed to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, and the detentions have drawn international condemnation.
