“We are Like the Dead” - "Torture and other Human Rights Abuses in Jail Ogaden, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia"

Jail Ogaden is unthinkable. From the moment you are put there until the moment you are released, you do not know if you are alive or dead. You are tortured and humiliated day and night, you are starved, [and] you can’t sleep because there’s so many people.—42-year-old Mohamed who spent five years without charge in Jail Ogaden, August 2017

"How to hide evidence of torture inside Russia’s prison system" - Anastasia Zotova

In Russia, law enforcement quickly puts pressure on prisoners who come forward about torture inside the prison system.

"He Fled Torture In Uzbekistan. Now, Russia Wants To Send Him Back"

The European Court of Human Rights has forbidden Russia from deporting Khudoberdi Nurmatov back to Uzbekistan until the court can deliver a ruling on a complaint submitted by his defense against Russia’s deportation order.

"Crimea: peninsula of torture" - Yegor Skovoroda

Three years on from Crimea’s annexation by Russia, brutal torture is being used to scare the peninsula into silence and submission.

"Interview: New CIA Torture Claims"

It’s public knowledge that following the 9-11 attacks on the United States, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detained and tortured terrorism suspects in secret sites around the world. But new Human Rights Watch research provides disturbing details about CIA torture techniques that have not been previously disclosed. In some instances, the torture eclipsed in brutality what was revealed in the Summary of the Senate Report on the CIA detention program released in December 2014. Ridha al-Najjar and Lofti El Gherissi, both Tunisian nationals, were arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and were among the first to be sent to a notorious CIA “black site” known as Cobalt in Afghanistan. Laura Pitter, senior US national security counsel at Human Rights Watch, interviewed the two men in Tunisia and talked to Stephanie Hancock about their ordeal.

"END THE HORROR IN SYRIA'S TORTURE PRISONS"

Since 2011, thousands of people have died in custody in Syria’s brutal detention centres. Tens of thousands more have experienced shocking torture.

"Children Detained in War Zones"

Thousands of children in conflict-affected countries have been detained without charge for months or even years as national security threats, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Untold numbers have been tortured or have died in custody. Governments should immediately stop detaining children without charge and appropriately punish those who mistreat them.

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"CIA photographed detainees naked before sending them to be tortured"

Classified pictures showing CIA captives bruised, blindfolded and bound raise new questions about US’s willingness to use ‘sexual humiliation’ on suspects.

"Syria: Mass Deaths and Torture in Detention"

"Interview: Torture and the CIA"

It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold accountable both those who designed and authorized the program and the agents who directly carried out the abuses. Laura Pitter, senior US national security counsel at Human Rights Watch, interviewed many former detainees who were tortured by the CIA. She talks to Stephanie Hancock about what they went through and why it’simportant they get justice.
No More Excuses - A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture - full report

STOP Torture!

"MOROCCO: JUSTICE FOR ALI, TORTURED BY SECURITY FORCES"

Ali Aarrass was convicted solely on the basis of a ‘confession’ extracted under torture.

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and a forensic doctor visited Ali in detention and confirmed he had been tortured. We are calling for the immediate release of Ali and asking the Moroccan authorities to investigate reports that he was tortured.

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Livro recomendado - "Holocausto brasileiro" - Este livro mudou a minha vida

De Daniela Arbex

Este livro mudou a minha vida. Do horror da realidade à beleza da humanidade de quem conseguiu ser pessoa depois de ser coisa. Um livro que nos transporta, infelizmente, para um mundo que não imaginava que podia existir ainda há pouco tempo e que, provavelmente, ainda existe noutros lugares.

Uma dura realidade do mundo em que vivemos e que, tenho esperança, é possível transformar.

Campanha da Amnistia Internacional contra a tortura - "Torture: Our Legacy, Our Future"

Amnesty International

Memórias da ditadura - Fernando Vicente - Um querido Amigo

Fernando Vicente nasceu em 12 de Junho de 1941. Foi dirigente estudantil de 1962 a 1967, no Instituto Superior Técnico.

Esteve na guerra colonial, de 1968 a 1971. Em 10 de Novembro de 1972, foi preso pela PIDE. Foi submetido a tortura de 14 de Novembro a 17 de Dezembro de 1972.

Foi militante do PCP de 1962 a 2009 e membro do Comité Central deste partido de 1975 a 2004.

Há cerca de um ano, relatou, na SIC, o que passou na cadeia qunado foi preso. Um testemunho impressionante!

"Why Obama's 'targeted killing' is worse than Bush's torture"

Both are legally prohibited but speciously justified by the White House. The difference? Obama's policy kills innocent bystanders

Norla Ashagtsang - mais uma vítima da luta pela libertação do Tibete

A Tibetan former political prisoner has died as a result of torture suffered in Chinese detention, it has been reported.

Norla Ashagtsang passed away at the end of last year in Lhasa.

26 June - The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, on the 26th of June, reminds us that torture is a crime and provides us an opportunity to stand united against this cruel violation of human rights.

"Justiças - Pena de morte e tortura"

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Por nós não há nenhuma controvérsia. A CIA torturou suspeitos. Quais foram acusados inocentemente só porque não aguentaram?