torture

Military

Israeli Whistleblowers Expose Torture of Palestinian Detainees

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams May 10, 2024 Three workers at the Sde Teiman prison camp in the Negev desert shared with CNN horrifying accounts of what they witnessed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq

Maha Hilal / TomDispatch May 1, 2024 20 years after the Iraq War prison scandal, victims are still in court and Washington is still trying to forget. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Finally Get Their Day in Court

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Apr 16, 2024 Two decades after being brutally tortured, three Iraqis have brought a lawsuit against the U.S. military contractors responsible. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Apr 8, 2024 Where’s the headline-making outrage over the never-ending travesty of Gitmo? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Immigration

Torture With Impunity Runs Rampant in ICE Facilities

Maurizio Guerrero / Prism Jul 3, 2023 The federal government gives private prison companies millions to torture immigrants and snuff out the abolitionist movement. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Trump’s Immigration Policy Amounts to Torture

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 25, 2020 A new report from Physicians for Human Rights lays out the traumatic effects of child separation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activists Demand U.S. Close Guantánamo and End 18 Years of Torture

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jan 12, 2020 We can't let this horror disappear from the public consciousness. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Protesters in front of the Home Office in London

Confronting Britain’s Legacy of Torture

By Alex Adams Nov 25, 2019 Like the U.S., France and many other countries, the United Kingdom has a sordid history of the practice. We need to face up to it. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Pro-Assange protesters in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Julian Assange Could Die in Prison, Doctors Warn

The Associated Press Nov 25, 2019 In an open letter, more than 60 physicians express grave concern for the WikiLeaks founder's deteriorating health in British custody. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Judge Awards $180 Million to Post Reporter Held by Iran

JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Nov 23, 2019 The nation is ordered to pay Jason Rezaian after he spent 544 days in captivity and was tortured on still-unexplained espionage charges. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Stain on America’s Soul That Will Not Wash Away

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 22, 2019 Although the extent of our lawless detention program in Guantanamo Bay is something most of us know little about, it defines us all. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

Watch the CIA Get Away With Torture

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Nov 14, 2019 Based on the 2014 Senate probe into the use of "enhanced interrogation," "The Report" sheds light on a shameful chapter in U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )