Red Hot Chili Peppers are reportedly “upset” that their music was used as part of the CIA’s torture techniques to ‘break’ suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay.
A British doctor has died in a Syrian prison after more than a year of torture and detention without charge.
Following a widespread crackdown on dissent prior to the Bahrain Grand Prix last week, the Bahraini government have blocked a visit from the UN special rapporteur on torture “until further notice”, sparking debate on the use of torture and other abuses by the regime
Hundreds of northern Malians have been detained by the Malian army since the French military intervention to oust Islamist groups began in January, with many prisoners complaining of suffering torture and abuse and their ill-treatment allegedly proving fatal on two occasions.
The Court of Appeal has rejected the home secretary Theresa May’s attempt to overturn the Special Immigration Appeals Commission’s decision to block radical cleric Abu Qatada’s deportation to Jordan.