torture

Italy’s New Anti-Torture Law Isn’t Quite Up to Scratch

04.02.14

By Leonardo Bianchi
I Had a Scammer Tortured by Police in Tanzania

03.14.14

By Henry Wismayer
The Falun Gong Member Who Fled China in Drag

02.25.14

By Sander Roks
The Hangover News

02.24.14

By Mac Hackett
Are Eritrean and Egyptian Officials Profiting from Torture?

02.12.14

By Tom Dale
Egypt’s Prisons Are Full to the Brim with Activists and Journalists

01.15.14

By Louisa Loveluck
The Chicago Man Accusing the Cops of Raping Him with a Gun

01.10.14

By Rania Khalek
An Interview with a Journalist Who Was Tortured for Investigating Hezbollah

12.10.13

By Oz Katerji
The Bahraini Government Is Still Repressing Its Critics

11.14.13

By Zoe Holman
Gay Syrians Are Being Blackmailed, Tortured and Killed by Jihadists

11.12.13

By Hannah Lucinda Smith, Illustrations: Cei Willis
The World’s Most Depressing Museum

10.31.13

By Orlando Crowcroft
Torture Castle Part Two

10.01.13

By Tyler Landry

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