Former dictator of Chad Hissene Habre dies of COVID
Habre's government was accused of killing tens of thousands of Chadians and he was the first former head of state ...
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Report: PA tortured Palestinians who attended 2019 peace workshop in Bahrain
The 2020 Country Report on Human Rights includes references to reports that "Palestinian security forces arrested, intimidated, and tortured Palestinians ...
UN panel slams Assad for 'heinous violations, human rights abuses'
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield denounces the “brutality” and “untold suffering” caused by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime ...
German court issues landmark verdict in Syria torture case
The ruling gives hope to the 800,000 refugees who fled to Germany and say that they were tortured in government ...
Testimonies of Palestinians tortured by PA to be shown at The Hague
"I wanted to die 20 times a day because of the suffering," says one victim in a filmed testimony. The ...
Court orders PA to compensate 'collaborators with Israel' for torture
In July 2017, the Jerusalem District Court ruled that the PA had tortured 52 Palestinians who collaborated with Israel. The ...