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Vienna Court Sentences Two Former Syrian Officers to Eight Years for Raqqa Torture

The verdict, issued under Austria’s universal-jurisdiction law, signals a push to hold suspects of Syrian-era abuses to account in European courts.

Dutch Court Sentences Former NDF Interrogator to 26 Years for Crimes Against Humanity

Vienna Trial Opens for Two Ex‑Syrian Officers Accused of Torture

Dale Warner Sentenced to 70 Years for Killing Wife and Hiding Remains

Azat Miftakhov Alleges Torture at Russia’s IK-18 ‘Polar Owl’ Colony

Northumberland Men Jailed for Torturing Friend After £120 Theft

Three Relatives Charged in Alleged Sequestration and Torture Death of Liliane Coinchelin

Iran’s Crackdown Deepens as HRW Details Torture and Disappearances

Córdoba Prison Staff Sent to Trial Over Detainee’s 2023 Death on Torture Charges

Turin Court Convicts Seven Prison Officers of Torture at Le Vallette Prison

Florence Appeals Court Convicts Nine Sollicciano Prison Officers of Torture

Kupwara Court Grants Bail to 8 in CBI-Probed Custodial Torture Case

Poder Judicial Orders Seven-Day Detention of Four INPE Agents in Puno Over Alleged Torture

Rome Detains 11, Including 5 Minors, in Torture Case Tied to June Housing Blast

Libyan Prison Chief Makes First ICC Appearance, Seeks Release

Libya Detains Osama Al‑Masri Njeem on Torture Charges in Tripoli

Two Suspects Formally Investigated in Saint-Molf Woman’s Five-Year Captivity

Influencer Iza Paiva Arrested in Porto Velho Over Alleged Order to Torture Burglary Suspects

Former Federal Police Security Chief Luis Cárdenas Palomino Sentenced to 5 Years for Torture

Autopsy Reveals Fatal Injuries Consistent With Torture in Itzik Elgarat’s Death