Elderly Iraqi tells British inquiry son was tortured Mar 18th, 2013 - 15:40h (CET +01.00) By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - An elderly Iraqi father described seeing signs of torture on his son's body as he testified on Monday at a London public inquiry into allegations of atrocities by British troops in 2004. Mizal Karim Al-Swead... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : elderly, iraqi, tells, british, inquiry, tortured, Top Keywords

Christians say they were tortured in Libya Mar 15th, 2013 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Dozens of Coptic Christians were tortured inside a detention center run by a powerful militia in eastern Libya, two of the recently released detainees told The Associated Press on Friday amid a wave of assaults targeting Christians in Be... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : christians, they, were, tortured, libya, tortured, Top Keywords

UN: Prisoners still tortured in Afghan custody Jan 21st, 2013 - 02:20h (CET +01.00) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables, the United Nations said, a year after it first documented the abuse and won government promises of detentio... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : prisoners, still, tortured, afghan, custody, tortured, Top Keywords

UN: Prisoners still tortured in Afghan prisons Jan 20th, 2013 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations said Sunday that Afghan authorities were still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables, a year after the U.N. first documented the abuse and the Afghan govern... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : prisoners, still, tortured, afghan, prisons, tortured, Top Keywords

Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group Aug 23rd, 2012 - 17:10h (CET +01.00) A Tibetan monk was beaten, tortured and imprisoned after his arrest in an area that has become a flashpoint for a wave of protests against Chinese rule, a press freedom group said on Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : tibetan, monk, tortured, imprisoned, rights, group, Top Keywords

US Muslim: I was tortured at FBI's behest in UAE Apr 19th, 2012 - 01:50h (CET +01.00) His interrogators usually came in the morning. Peeking under a blindfold in a cold concrete cell, Yonas Fikre says he caught only glimpses of their shoes. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : muslim, tortured, fbi's, behest, rights, group, Top Keywords

Iraq must probe claims VP's guard tortured: HRW Mar 23rd, 2012 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Iraq to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that a bodyguard of the country's fugitive Sunni vice president who died in custody was tortured. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iraq, must, probe, claims, vp's, guard, tortured, Top Keywords

Iraq insists VP's dead bodyguard not tortured Mar 22nd, 2012 - 14:00h (CET +01.00) Claims by Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president that his bodyguard was tortured while in custody were denied on Thursday by security forces, who said he died of kidney failure. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iraq, insists, vp's, dead, bodyguard, tortured, tortured, Top Keywords

Wounded and tortured Syrians carried to freedom Mar 14th, 2012 - 18:17h (CET +01.00) Four men move deftly and carefully across a field, their silhouettes outlined by the light of a full moon, bearing a stretcher. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wounded, tortured, syrians, carried, freedom, tortured, tortured, Top Keywords