Torture
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Mexico
Ex-Puebla governor charged in reporter’s torture given house arrest
Three and a half years after he was arrested in connection with the 2005 detention and torture of investigative journalist…
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News
Canada, the Netherlands take Syria to top UN court over torture claims
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Netherlands and Canada are taking Syria’s government to the United Nations’ highest court on Tuesday,…
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9/11 defendant ruled unfit for trial after panel finds torture left him psychotic
WASHINGTON — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a…
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Europe
Spanish torture victim from Franco era testifies in court for first time
For the first time since Francisco Franco’s death in 1975, a man who says he was detained and tortured by…
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News
Woman who killed 3-year-old daughter and left burned corpse on ballfield is sentenced
DOVER, Del. — A Delaware woman who pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and leaving her burned remains on…
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Europe
Netherlands, Canada take Syria to International Court of Justice over torture claims
Canada and the Netherlands have taken Damascus to the International Court of Justice over allegations of torture, the tribunal said…
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