Italian reporter Cecilia Sala described her conditions while being held at Iran’s Evin prison, including being blindfolded during hours of interrogations, left in a cell with bloodstains on the walls, and interrogated by a guard with “flawless English” who knew Italy well, during an interview with the New York Times in Rome on Saturday. … Read more
Iranian political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh was transferred to a pre-execution solitary confinement cell, Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights stated on Friday. Shayesteh was originally detained at Evin Prison but was transferred to solitary confinement at the Ghezel Hesar Prison, around 20 km northwest of Tehran. Shayesteh was sentenced to death and placed on … Read more
New footage revealed by the IDF shows Hamas torturing Palestinian prisoners in its detention facilities in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Saturday evening. The surveillance footage is dated to 2023, and it captured Hamas’s Al-Katiba Prison in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Adraee said. The videos were discovered by security forces, … Read more
A federal jury in Virginia has issued a landmark verdict against a private defence contractor CACI Premier Technology for its role in the torture of three Iraqi men at the United States-run Abu Ghraib prison in the country from 2003 to 2004. Historic verdict The jury awarded a total of 42 million dollars, comprising three … Read more
After years of delays, a Canadian man’s lawsuit accusing the federal government of contributing to his detention and torture abroad is finally going before a court this fall. But before the case can proceed, a judge needs to decide if intelligence officials can testify behind closed doors. Abousfian Abdelrazik was arrested during a 2003 visit to … Read more
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered an investigation into the death in custody of a defendant in the northern city of Lahijan, state media reported on Thursday. “Following the tragic incident in Lahijan, the president ordered the interior minister to form a committee to investigate all aspects of this incident and report its results … Read more
Tara is one of 32 rescued elephants housed between India’s only elephant hospital, the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital Campus, and the nearby 20-acre Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, both on the outskirts of Mathura, a city three hours’ drive from India’s capital, New Delhi. Tara gets a manicure. Photo: Siddharth Khandelwal “Each of them has … Read more
The police in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria, say they have begun investigation into the alleged torture and violent killing of animals by a native doctor in the state. The native doctor, identified simply as Nnabuikem, popularly known as ‘High Chief Enenie Nwa ite,’ hails from Ovoko, a community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government of the … Read more
A British Airways pilot was reportedly kidnapped while shopping during a stopover in Johannesburg, South Africa. The incident took place in the Melrose Arch complex. The pilot was reportedly tortured for hours for money before he was finally let go, according to local media reports. The man, a first officer with the airline, was approached … Read more
Cost of Living8:55The return of the bookstore When e-readers like the Amazon Kindle burst onto the scene, showing up next to menorahs and under Christmas trees in the early 2000s, they were predicted to bring about the death of the print book — and maybe the independent bookstore too. But publishing sales data and on the … Read more
