Acts Of Torture
LONDON - British government lawyers say they have dismissed a call to replace the head of an inquiry into allegations that Britain colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects overseas.
LONDON - The judge leading the British inquiry into charges that his country's intelligence services colluded with the torture of suspected terrorists abroad has had his impartiality compromised and must be removed, a leading human rights group said Tuesday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A court filing argues that a former Somalia military colonel who lives in Ohio can't claim immunity from allegations he ordered the torture of a human rights advocate.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who won the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his work exposing abuses during Argentina's military dictatorship, finally testified against his captors Tuesday, describing his torture and crediting international pressure for saving his life.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Somalia military colonel who lives in Ohio is rejecting the claims of a lawyer who says the colonel ordered his detention and torture in Somalia in 1988.
More News
- China bans court evidence obtained by torture
- New rules ban illegal evidence in China courts
- NY judge: Torture no grounds to dismiss indictment
- APNewsBreak: Ohio man faces Somali torture claim
- Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
- Abu Dhabi sheik in torture trial found innocent
- Emirates sheik seeks drug defense in torture trial
- NY woman in pet torture case held on $100K bail
- NY woman in pet torture case held on $100K bail
- UK appeals court decision over Guantanamo detainee
- UK Guantanamo prisoner seeks torture documents
- Khmer Rouge prison chief could get 40 years
- Long prison term sought for Khmer Rouge jail chief
- Zimbabwe judge: Torture can be raised in case
- Zimbabwe lawyer: witness tortured in weapons trial
- Man sentenced to death in Tenn. torture slaying
- Detainees demand torture evidence heard in public
- Caretaker: Woman has changed torture story before
- Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied
- Court orders release of torture allegation details
- Calif. man gets life sentence for toddler death
