Spanish torture victim from Franco era testifies in court for first
For the first time since Francisco Franco’s death in 1975, a man who says he was detained and tortured by the dictator’s regime testified before...
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France to try senior Assad allies for crimes against humanity in Syria
Issued on: 04/04/2023 – 14:52 French judges have ordered senior officials of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria to stand trial for collusion in crimes...
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Protesters denied medical care and tortured to death in secret prisons
Issued on: 09/01/2023 – 15:06 More than 19,000 people have been arrested since protests erupted in Iran in mid-September 2022. Human rights organisations say that...
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War in Ukraine: Civilians in Balakliya share
Ukraine’s recapture of the city of Kherson comes two months after another military success: the liberation of large swathes of the northeastern Kharkiv region from...
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France opens case against Interpol president over UAE torture allegations
Issued on: 11/05/2022 – 11:29 French authorities have opened a case against Interpol president Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates over accusations of...
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France opens inquiry into Interpol chief for alleged torture, acts of barbarism
Issued on: 25/03/2022 – 11:31 French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary inquiry into torture and acts of barbarism allegedly committed by Emirati General Ahmed...
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Desmond Tutu’s truth commission opted for ‘restorative’ justice over retribution after apartheid
Two days after South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) started to investigate apartheid-era crimes, Archbishop Desmond Tutu broke down in tears. Before him sat...
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Emirati general accused of torture appointed head of Interpol
Issued on: 25/11/2021 – 08:49 An Emirati general accused of torture was elected president of Interpol Thursday, the global police agency said, despite the concerns...
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All sides have committed abuses in Tigray conflict, says joint UN, Ethiopia report
Issued on: 03/11/2021 – 10:23 All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes,...
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Russia places former inmate who exposed prison abuse on wanted list
Issued on: 23/10/2021 – 15:24 Moscow on Saturday put a former prison inmate seeking asylum in France on a wanted list after he leaked harrowing...