Despite rulings in European courts saying the Baltic country was home to a secret prison, the issue has been shrouded in official secrecy in a nation closely allied with the United States.
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More Myanmar Political Prisoners Are Dying in Military Prisons
The country’s military rulers have signaled a new wave of detentions and, rights groups say, conditions for existing prisoners have deteriorated.
Display of Battered Men Was Russia’s Warning to the Public, Analysts Say
Videos showing the torture of four men, accused of Russia’s deadliest terror attack in decades, have circulated widely in what analysts call a sign of the Russian state’s growing tolerance for public violence.
Iran’s 2022 Protest Crackdown Included Killings, Torture and Rape, U.N. Finds
A fact-finding mission looking into the demonstrations that followed the death of Mahsa Amini found brutality and rejected Iran’s version of Ms. Amini’s death.
Federal Records Show Increasing Use of Solitary Confinement for Immigrants
A new report based on records from the Trump and Biden years found the average length of solitary detainment was longer than the duration the U.N. says can constitute torture.
Khaled Nezzar, General at Center of Algeria’s Bloodshed, Dies at 86
In the 1990s, he oversaw troops that committed a host of atrocities against equally brutal Islamist rebels in what became known as the Black Decade.
In Bali Bombing Trial, Victims Describe Their Pain and Prisoners Apologize
A Guantánamo military court heard anguishing testimony at the sentencing hearing for two Malaysian prisoners who pleaded guilty after 20 years of detention.
Bali Bombers May Return to Malaysia After Sentencing
The two prisoners have admitted to conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out a deadly bombing in Indonesia two decades ago.
Malaysian Prisoners Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
The men, who have been held by the United States for two decades as lieutenants to a Southeast Asian terrorist, entered pleas at Guantánamo Bay.
Civilian Deaths in Custody Anger Kashmir
After a fatal ambush on Indian soldiers, several people were taken in for questioning. Three were found dead hours later, reportedly with signs of torture.