torture

Articles

• UN: “Psychological Torture”, a definition
  5 March, by siawi3

  In the present report, the Special Rapporteur examines conceptual, definitional and interpretative questions arising in relation to the notion of “psychological torture” under human rights law.

• UK: Shun Shunning: Shunning is Abuse and Torture
  25 March, by siawi3

  Shunning is akin to long-term psychological torture and a form of social death penalty.

• Iran: Join Urgent Online Solidarity Protest Save Soheil Arabi’s Life
  14 April, by siawi3

  Iranian atheist, activist and blogger Soheil Arabi has resumed his
  hunger strike on April 4 in protest to the Iranian regime’s denial of
  medical care, inhuman prison conditions and the denial of leave during
  the coronavirus pandemic.

• Top Legal Expert On Torture Identifies U.S., UK, & Canadian, Govs., As The World’s Top Torturers
  27 May, by siawi3

  The spirit of Hitler lives on, in the U.S. regime, and we see it clearly in places such as Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Venezuela, all in different ways, and all targeting against different victim-populations.