War crimes investigations: Scale of alleged torture, detentions by Russian forces in Kherson emerges
ANTHONY DEUTSCH, ANNA VOITENKO and OLENA HARMASH, of Reuters, report…
They call it ‘The Hole’: Ukrainians describe horrors of Kherson occupation
JONATHAN LANDAY and TOM BALMFORTH, of Reuters, report on what the residents of Kherson say went on during the Russian occupation of the southern Ukrainian city…
Investigation chief says Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters War crimes including rape, torture, executions and confinement of children were committed by Russia in areas it occupied in Ukraine, the head of a UN-mandated investigation body said on Friday. The commission is one of the first international bodies to reach the conclusion on the basis of field evidence. Ukraine and its Western […]
Ukrainian ex-serviceman claims Russians tortured him in eastern city of Izium
Izium, Ukraine Reuters Alexander Glushko says he spent the last fortnight of the Russian occupation of his hometown of Izium in northeast Ukraine jailed by Russian soldiers in the dank ruins of a police station where he was tortured with electric wires. He said he was also beaten during an earlier five-day stint in […]
US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces move to halt “brutal torture” at IS camp
Al-Hol, Syria Reuters US-backed Syrian Kurdish security forces have launched a new operation targeting Islamic State sleeper cells in a large northeastern detention camp where violence has reached record levels. At least 44 people including 14 women have been killed this year in the al-Hol camp, which holds internal refugees and families of suspected IS […]
UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan’s Taliban
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security on the whole has improved since then, the United Nations said in a report Wednesday. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan also highlighted the poor situation of women and girls since […]
UN investigates reports of migrant mass graves in Libya
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters UN investigators are seeking to verify reports of mass graves thought to contain the corpses of migrants at a trafficking hub in Libya, they said in a report on Monday that also documented incidents of rape, murder and torture. Libya is a major transit point for Africans seeking to make the perilous journey […]
“My flesh was burning”: Uganda accused of torture again
Kampala, Uganda Reuters Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last year, burned him and pulled out his fingernails. His crime: supporting the opposition. The 22-year-old is one of hundreds of government critics and opposition supporters detained and tortured in the last three years, especially around the 2021 presidential […]
Uganda’s Anglican Archbishop condemns use of torture, human rights abuses on Janani Luwum Day
Kampala, Uganda The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Uganda has used this year’s commemoration of the brutal murder of Archbishop Janani Luwum by dictator Idi Amin to condemn the use of torture and other human rights violations. Speaking during an event to mark Janani Luwum Day on Wednesday, the Archbishop of the Anglican Church […]
In Uganda, clergy, Western donors condemn torture of political activists
Kampala, Uganda Ugandan clergy have joined the US and EU in condemning the ongoing brutal torture, detention without trial and forced disappearance of political and human rights activists in the country. The US and EU have each issued a statement condemning the forced disappearances, arbitrary detention and use of physical and mental torture by security […]