Results for Tag: Torture
UN pushes countries to end torture
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday urged governments to go on the offensive in the fight against torture, stressing there can be no justification under any circumstances for such “cruel, degrading and inhuman
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Briton accuses MI5 of torture in Bangladesh
LONDON (AFP) - A Briton who claims to have been tortured in Bangladesh with the complicity of MI5 agents said Thursday he was accused of organising the 2005 London suicide bombings, and threatened with rape.Jamil Rahman, who says he faced
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'695 police torture cases reported in six months'
KARACHI - As many as 10,421 cases of police tortures have been reported during the last 10 years, revealed the report issued by Madadgaar database on Thursday.According to President of Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid, Zia Awan, the
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