torture
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GOSHEN, N.Y.—Under the blazing, late-morning sun, a petite figure of a woman climbed up a small stage. She picked up the microphone and started to talk. ...
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A Ukrainian official promised an “immediate investigation” Sunday after videos posted on social media allegedly showed captured Russian soldiers being shot in the legs and knees ...
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At least 103 Falun Gong practitioners died in China last year after they were tortured, according to the U.S.-based Falun Gong information website Minghui.org. Falun Gong ...
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ASUNCION, Paraguay—Paraguayan police said Wednesday they have detained two Germans and a Chilean suspected of killing a German man and his daughter while trying to get ...
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In Russia, a prisoners rights group released videos that they said were evidence of alleged systematic torture in the country’s prison system. Authorities have responded by firing prison officials ...
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Chang Weiping, a Chinese human rights lawyer is being tortured in detention. His wife and child worry for his health and what he’s going through—which he ...
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The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued amid the global pandemic. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is ...
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In his first interview with an English-language media outlet, a German citizen talks about the seven-and-a-half years he spent in a Chinese prison.
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Warning: Contains a graphic photo A mother in her 70s in Central China struggles to cope after the loss of her youngest son during the Chinese ...
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The grandparents and uncle of a 12-year-old boy in Montana have been charged in connection with his death after police say they found evidence of them ...
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A former employee of Britain's consulate in Hong Kong said Chinese secret police beat him, deprived him of sleep and shackled him.
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A judge told a Louisiana woman she was the “monster” in her toddler son’s life, and sentenced her to life in prison for killing the 2-year-old ...
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GENEVA—The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Sept. 27 to set up an international fact-finding mission to document violations in Venezuela, including torture and thousands ...
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Officials announced Wednesday, that the Prosecution will be seeking the death penalty against the mother and boyfriend charged with torturing and killing 10-year-old Anthony Alvos.
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A Russian swimming coach was accused of abusing babies after videos of her methods went viral, but some parents have defended her, saying that she has ...
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Li Shanshan barely knew Zhou Xiangyang before he was arrested and sentenced to nine years in prison. Still, she had no doubts about marrying him.
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An accused Somali war criminal who CNN reported last week was working in the US as a driver for Uber and Lyft was responsible for the ...
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President Trump files an appeal after the judge upholds a subpoena for financial records, a new anti-communist group exposes communist infiltration among the Democrats, videos of torture ...
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Nearly 10,000 people turned out in New York on May 16 to celebrate the spiritual practice known as Falun Dafa. The World Falun Dafa Day parade ...
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A Texas man convicted of brutally beating an 11-week-old puppy—an act captured by his own security cameras—has been sentenced to five years in prison. This is ...
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A California father accused of killing his 8-year-old son pleaded not guilty in a Riverside County courtroom on April 3. Bryce McIntosh, 32, has been charged with first-degree ...
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CORONA, Calif.—A California man was charged on March 29 in the torturing death of his 8-year-old son, who hasn’t been found weeks after his mother reported ...
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The United States on March 13 released its annual “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” documenting violations in nearly 200 countries and territories, with Secretary of State Mike ...
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—A California couple who shackled some of their 13 children to beds and starved them in what was a dubbed a “house of horrors” pleaded ...
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Seven adults rescued from their parents’ California home after authorities say they endured years of torture are not bitter, their attorney said Wednesday. Jack Osborn, a ...
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WASHINGTON—A member of the Uyghur minority on Nov. 26 detailed torture and abuse she says she experienced in one of the internment camps where the Chinese ...
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An elderly woman was severely tortured at a facility in southern China and lost her eyesight in the process. Wu Yangzhen, 72, was detained and tortured ...
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A disturbing picture from the former house of the so-called “Horror House” family shows a rope tied to the bed, apparently used to tie children to. ...
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PERRY, California–A California couple has been charged with torture after police rescued their 13 malnourished children from a home where some of them had been chained ...