Torture

PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands

Individuals, including children, are being held by the PA security force despite court orders for their release, the UN office confirmed.

Police officers stand guard as Palestinians protest outside the Prime Minister's office, calling on the government to fulfil demands related to prisoners and injured people, in Ramallah, the West Bank, May 31, 2026
Israeli soldiers seen on a vessel belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla as seen from Ashdod, May 19, 2026.

Flotilla detainees suffered violence, sexual abuse at Ashdod Port, Adalah says

The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025.

Germany plans talks with Chile over site tied to cult led by abusive German preacher

Former hostage Matan Angrest speaks to Channel 12's 'Uvda' about his experience in Hamas terror captivity, including torture, broadcast on February 26, 2026.

WATCH: 'I screamed in pain': Former hostage Matan Angrest says Hamas terrorists electrocuted him


Five weeks after October 7 attacks, words still fail to capture their extent - opinion

"Inhuman," "savage," "barbarian," "Nazi" - none of these can adequately describe the level of depravity Hamas committed.

 The Israel Antiquities Authority works to find remnants of Hamas victims in Kibbutz Be'eri.

Herzog shows CNN Hamas terrorists' guide to torture hostages

The IDF seized documents and weapons from Hamas terrorists captured and killed during Hamas's assault on southern Israel.

 A guide used by Hamas terrorists captured by the IDF.

The last Jew of Yemen is being tortured by the Houthis and must be saved - opinion

With a UN-negotiated ceasefire in Yemen largely holding, and peace talks being held in Riyadh, now is the time to raise our voices on behalf of Levi Marhabi and to push for his release.

 A SECURITY forces member loyal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels guards a bonfire incinerating seized narcotics, in Sana’a.

Torture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts

Ukrainian authorities are reviewing more than 97,000 reports of war crimes by Russian forces and have filed charges against 220 suspects in domestic courts.

A Ukrainian couple stands next to Russian soldiers in the Crimean town of Balaclava.

UN experts raise 'widespread' torture concerns with Russia

The UN experts said torture included electric shocks, hoodings and mock executions and had been carried out to extract intelligence, force confessions or in response to alleged support for Ukraine

 Russian conscripts called up for military service line up before their departure for garrisons as they gather at a recruitment centre in Simferopol, Crimea, April 25, 2023.

Palestinian rights groups demand probe into death of preacher in Hamas detention

Mohammed al-Sufi was known for his criticism of Hamas leaders and their ties to Iran and was detained upon his return from Egypt last week.

 A drug addict attends an interview with Reuters at a Hamas-run prison in Gaza City March 1, 2017. Picture taken March 1, 2017.

Russia financed torture chambers in Ukraine's Kherson - war crimes probe

Survivors of the Russia-funded torture chambers in Ukraine's Kherson told Reuters about being tortured, including electric shocks and suffocation techniques.

 An interior view shows a basement of a building, which Ukrainian authorities say was a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber during Russia's invasion in the village of Kozacha Lopan, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 18, 2022

Ukraine tells Georgia to stop torturing ex-president, Ukrainian citizen

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Georgia to release former president and Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili, who they claim is being tortured.

 Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili is seen on a screen via a video link from a clinic during a court hearing to consider a request from Saakashvili's legal team to release him or defer his six-year sentence for abuse of power over health concerns, in Tbilisi, February 1, 2023.

Did Shin Bet torture innocent man or did he get away with murder? - analysis

A Maariv expose told of an Israeli who was arrested and allegedly tortured after he killed a Palestinian who he claimed was going to harm kids.

 Actors demonstrate the Israeli Shin Bet torture method known as "Banana b'kiseh", where a detainee with hands and feet cuffed is painfully stretched over a chair by his jailer in the shape of a banana, during a press conference held by the Israeli human rights group B'tselem

Both Russia and Ukraine tortured prisoners of war, UN says

Both Russian and Ukrainian prisoners reported poor and humiliating conditions including forced nudity, electric shocks and violence.

Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) walk after a swapping, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 22, 2022