Torture

Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture

“I have chosen the road of justice, beyond politics and grounded in our shared humanity,” he said. “This council must recognize the torture, demand criminal investigations, and confront the terror."

Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, holds a photograph of himself during his release by Hamas as he the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, March 20, 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026; illustrative.

Iran's Araghchi dismisses, smiles at reporter's question on regime's execution, torture of Iranians

A man walks inside the Adra prison in the town of Adra on the northeast outskirts of Damascus on December 16, 2024.

Assad-era Syrian official convicted of torture, jailed for 60 years by US court

People gather to welcome Palestinian terrorists released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal, outside the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025

Hamas using Nasser Hospital as interrogation, torture center in Gaza, IDF says


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

Iran arrests dissident rapper, calls Amini story reporters CIA spies

Iran’s regime charged Hamedi and Mohammadi of being the “primary sources of news for foreign media.” The women are being held in Tehran’s brutal Evin prison.

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Green-lighting torture in Israel: A tragic, unifying court decision - comment

While torture is generally condemned, it is allowed in Israel in the limited situation of a ticking bomb. So why was it used in this case to solve a crime?

 AMIRAM BEN-ULIEL attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, earlier this year.