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An American woman who journeyed to India a decade ago to immerse herself in yoga and meditation has revealed a harrowing tale of survival.
According to the police report, the pilot endured hours of torture and physical assaults. It only ended when he was left penniless. He is just happy to be alive.
Phalaris himself had a bit of a torture fetish, and with human rights pretty much non-existent in the 6th century BC, something called the brazen bull was invented.
This man thought he was going to her apartment for a booty call, but it turned into hours of “sadistic” torture, including a demand of $100 000 in ransom.
At the trial of 11 suspects this week, Dutch public prosecutor Koos Plooij told a court of the “repulsive” and “hell-like” chamber they planned to use on rival gang members.
Running on a treadmill can sometimes feel like absolute torture, and if you cast your mind back in history that makes complete sense.
A Canadian heir and graphic novelist might face the death penalty, if he is found guilty of the murder and torture of his girlfriend.
Pro-Russian rebels have released a video of the torture of an alleged drug-dealer in an occupied state of Ukraine.
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to find out that the sons of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi aren’t all that popular. Here’s the video evidence.
This is going to have the entire planet installing hidden cameras in their homes. ALSO, THE FOOTAGE IS QUITE SHOCKING – I HAD TO STOP IT HALF WAY THROUGH.
IS has kept its hostage situations carefully under wraps, but now recounts are being told of the horror that IS captives had to endure.
This is terrifying, and it happened right under our noses.
The most horrific crucifixion murder you’ve ever heard of, just happened….
This one is not for the squeamish. A team of world-renowned forensic experts have found what they’re calling “direct evidence of systematic torture and killing” by Bashar al-Assad’s gruesome regime.
A 12-month-long investigation by Ruth Hopkins, a journalist for the Wits Justice Project, has uncovered evidence of prisoners at the Mangaung Correctional Facility in the Free State being given medication against their will and subjected to electroshock therapy and assaults.
A dance instructor in Beijing, China can be seen verbally and physically abusing her students in class. The instructor kicks her students, hits them with a cane and slaps them on the head when they are not dancing correctly, bringing them to tears and shouting at them for that too.
It is very, very dangerous being ambassadorial these days. Probably moreso if you were ever one of Muammar Gaddafi’s diplomats. Libya’s former ambassador to France, Omar Brebesh, died during detention by armed militia in Tripoli – and judging from the autopsy, it was not a merciful killing.
Video footage allegedly showing contracted security guards beating up guests at Sun City has recently been handed over to Cosatu, who plan to march in protest.
“There was a lot of screaming.” The BBC is reporting that Zimbabwean police and military are recruiting civilians to illegally dig for diamonds for them. The report also mention a torture camp, run by Zimbabwe’s security forces, operating in the country’s rich Marange diamond fields.