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By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Human rights groups on Thursday accused Israeli authorities of torturing a Palestinian detainee to death. Abdu Yousef al-Khatib Tamimi, 43, lost his life during interrogation at al-Moscobiyeh interrogation center in occupied East Jerusalem. “Testimonies gathered from his families and other detainees show that he was electrified and beaten,” […]

1st Jun 2021

UN experts concerned over rights abuses in Kashmir

By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Allegations of arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances are part of what appears to be an ongoing pattern of serious violations of human rights by Indian government forces in the Jammu and Kashmir region, according to UN experts. This concern was raised by five […]

5th Sep 2019

Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar pro-India Mayor under house arrest

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI, India (AA): The Mayor of the capital of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region has been placed under house arrest following remarks critical of the ongoing brutal clampdown on Kashmir and the detention of its political leaders, said media reports. Junaid Azim Mattu, the Pro-India mayor of Jammu and […]

21st May 2019

UN demands India provide answers on civilian killings in Kashmir

[Photo: Indian policeman fires pellets towards pro freedom protestors during anti India clashes in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on May 16, 2019. Photographer: Faisal Khan/AA] Ahmad Adil CHANDIGARH, India (AA): Three UN rapporteurs have written a letter to India seeking details of steps taken to provide justice in 76 cases of torture and arbitrary killings in […]

9th Oct 2018

Palestinian women suffer torture, abuses in Israeli jails

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) Taken away from their children, dozens of Palestinian women are suffering abuse in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian activists. In a recent report, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association said Israeli authorities are holding 51 women, including nine injured females and two minors. According to the NGO, Israel has detained 516 […]

4th Jul 2018

UN rights office: UAE troops tortured, abused Yemenis

By Bayram Altug GENEVA (AA) – A number of Yemeni detainees have been subjected to ill-treatment, torture and sexual abuse by United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldiers, the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva said on Tuesday . “We have engaged with U.A.E. government on this issue and requested access to U.A.E.-run prisons in the […]

17th Jun 2016

US: New documents shed light on CIA torture

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA): Details emerged Thursday of CIA torture techniques at overseas black site prisons, from newly declassified transcripts of detainees’ military hearings at the Guantanamo Bay Prison. “They shackle me completely, even my head; I can’t do anything,” Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein, a Saudi-born Palestinian also known as Abu Zubaida told […]

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