
Police in Northern California are investigating a horrific double homicide involving two children, aged three and five, who were found in a storage unit. A nine-year-old little girl is also fighting for her life as a result of her injuries.
by Adelle Nazarian16 Dec 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

A new report from Amnesty International charges the Assad regime with making over 65,000 Syrians ‘disappear’ during four years of civil war, an “organized attack against the civilian population” carried out not just for political gain, but for profit.
by John Hayward7 Nov 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

According to Human Rights Watch, violence against women in PNG “is rampant,” and often involves charges of sorcery. In February, 2013, a mob in Western Highlands Province accused 20-year-old Kepari Leniata of witchcraft after a six-year-old child died in her city. The mob stripped her and burned her to death as a witch. Eight other women reportedly were victims of such attacks during the course of the year.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Oct 2015, 10:24 AM PST0

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner recently wrapped up a visit to Mexico, describing his visit as “sobering.” Despite noting several legislative developments and reforms in the country, the Mexican people have painted a tragic picture filled with widespread corruption and insecurity.
by Sylvia Longmire14 Oct 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

A former prisoner of the Islamic State says in a interview that he personally witnessed ISIS jihadists carving organs and stealing blood from prisoners in order to help wounded jihadis survive.
by John Hayward1 Oct 2015, 4:30 PM PST0

The first stories about ISIS desecrating churches and turning them into torture chambers, where Christians were slaughtered or forced to convert to Islam, began surfacing at the end of 2014. A new report from Christian Freedom International found the persecution of Christians was even more brutal and widespread than believed, with centuries-old Christian communities across the Islamic State war zone completely wiped out.
by John Hayward21 Sep 2015, 8:17 PM PST0

A 14-year-old Syrian boy recently told the BBC the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) filmed militants torturing him to use in propaganda. Only a few days ago, local officials in Iraq’s Anbar and Diyala provinces told Turkish state outlet Anadolu Agency the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) kidnapped almost 500 children to use as suicide bombers.
by Mary Chastain1 Jun 2015, 11:15 AM PST0

Indonesia is facing international backlash after it was revealed the government requires female military recruits to undergo virginity tests. It is the second time in the past 6 months human rights organizations put pressure on the country to drop these tests.
by Mary Chastain16 May 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

A new Human Rights Watch report accuses China law enforcement authorities of dodging new government measures designed to minimize the use of torture and abuse in the police system. Police still routinely use beatings, sleep deprivation, and hanging prisoners by the walls to force confessions, the organization alleges.
by Frances Martel13 May 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

Executions are rising sharply in Iran, reaching a 12-year high in 2014, according to the United Nations’s Human Rights Council. The UN called this “deeply troubling” and further criticized Iran for not living up to promises that it would protect ethnic and religious minorities, according to a report at Voice of America News.
by John Hayward16 Mar 2015, 8:12 PM PST0

A former hostage of the Islamic State who was imprisoned alongside executed Westerners Alan Henning and Peter Kassig, among others, reports that the terrorist group had built a rudimentary replica of America’s Guantánamo Bay facility in Syria with the intention of filling it with Western citizens and torturing them.
by Frances Martel16 Mar 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

ISIS fighters are “buying their wives kinky underwear,” demanding Viagra to better their performance, and subjecting their wives, concubines, and sex slaves to sadistic sexual practices, according to Syrian doctors forced to treat jihadists in conquered territories.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler17 Feb 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

Monday, demonstrators stopped Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) in the middle of a speech on the Senate floor by screaming “U.S. torture, it’s official, prosecute now!” The Capitol Police arrested 11 and restored order saying, ”One more outburst and you will
by Pam Key12 Jan 2015, 4:18 PM PST0

Angelina Jolie’s new World War II movie, based on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, follows the story of Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini and the torturous treatment he received at the
by Jarrett Stepman30 Dec 2014, 5:25 AM PST0