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.

• Iran’state media broadcast more than 860 forced confessions and defamatory content between 2009 and 2019
  25 June, by siawi3

  Iran has long escaped responsibility for coercing forced confessions. Iran’s state-run television is constantly airing programs that are the product of torture and intimidation.

• Enquête sur deux photos de la torture en Algérie
  2 juillet, par siawi3

  Si pour les appelés parler de la torture était « un acte difficile et risqué », la photographier pour en témoigner hors d’un cercle privé l’était encore davantage. Cet acte nécessitait une préparation et des précautions pour ne pas se faire prendre, pendant l’acte mais aussi après lui.

• Iran: International outcry after assassination of Iranian wrestling champion
  16 September, by siawi3

  The world of Sport, like the United Nations, have known in the past how to punish South Africa during the time of their racial apartheid, by excluding that country from the Olympic Games and from all international sports events for a period of 30 years. It is time to do the same to Iran which flouts the basic universal ethical principles inscribed in the Olympic Charter.

• Iran : Justice pour Navid Afkari
  16 septembre, par siawi3

  Dès le lendemain de l’exécution de Navid Afkari des centaines de milliers de jeunes Iraniens ont signé une pétition sur les réseaux sociaux, demandant l’interdiction par la Fifa et le CIO de leur pays des tournois internationaux.

• UK: Say NO to the Tory war crimes immunity bill
  6 October, by siawi3

  Far from being a bid to save the troops from legal issue down the line, the Tory war crimes bill looks more and more like an attempt to skirt the rule of law and shore up the UK’s aggressive foreign policy aims. As the UK’s top generals push for their vision of perpetual war, this accountability is needed more than ever.