From the Newsdesk: Bahrain

The British newspaper The Independant reports that the Bahraini government infiltrated its country’s health care system in order to torture (...)

Primetime Torture: How Hollywood gets it wrong

From Human Rights First: "Primetime Torture is a 14-minute film produced by Human Rights First that explores the way torture and interrogation (...)

Training Sessions 2011-2012

Reception and treatment of exiled victims of torture and other state-sponsored persecution • Training at Parcours d’Exil’s facilities • In-house (...)

Special Report: Torture and the death of Bin Laden

In the days following the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden, there was a mad scramble to take credit for such a monumental event and to (...)

From the Newsdesk: England

Britain’s High Court is set to determine whether the UK Government, which sanctioned "systematic violence" in the detention camps, is liable for (...)

From the Newsdesk: Syria

On June 9, 2011, NPR’s Melissa Block spoke with Reem Haddad from the Syrian Information Ministry. When asked about the reports of the Syrian (...)

From the Newsdesk: United States

Out of a firm belief that the torture of terrorism suspects significantly weakens the United States’ counterterrorism operations and undermines (...)

From the Newsdesk: Tunisia

United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez is urging the Tunisia’s interim Government to take swift action to institutionalize (...)

From the Newsdesk: Chile

With support from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, representatives from a number Latin American countries convened to discuss the (...)

From the Newsdesk: South Korea

Is transforming a former South Korean military center in Seoul, a building where citizens were allegedly tortured, into a modern art museum a way (...)

From the Newsdesk: Jordan

This New York Times article brings us stories from torture survivors living in Jordan and discusses what the Center for Victims of Torture, a (...)

On the Bookshelf

If you are interested in reading more about torture, its history and its implications for modern society, here is a list of books that provide a straight-forward and fascinating look at the subject from a variety of different angles.