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Charities are warning care home residents are ‘rapidly deteriorating’ due to lack of social interaction as a heartbroken wife said her husband’s dementia has become ‘100 times worse’ during the crisis. Jean Haste, 70, from Suffolk, has revealed she has only been able to see Trevor, 75, who has dementia, once a week for 30 … Read more
Iranian anti-hijab activist ‘faces execution or torture’: Protester is arrested in Turkey, raising fears she will be deported to Tehran Maryam Shariatmadari was arrested in Iran in 2018 for protesting without a hijab She was sentenced to a year in jail, but fled to Turkey where she claimed asylum Maryam was arrested in Turkey on … Read more
We all know someone who has, let’s say, certain quirks. Perhaps they like their pens and pencils perfectly aligned on their desk. Or they are forever plumping up their cushions. Or their cutlery drawer is a work of art and their wardrobe perfectly colour-co-ordinated. All too often they will try to laugh off this quirky … Read more
An Iranian wrestling champion has been sentenced to death for taking part in protests against the regime in 2018. Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed two death sentences for Navid Afkari along with six years and six months in prison and 74 lashes, according to Persian-language broadcaster Iran International. His brother, Vahid Afkari, received a prison sentence … Read more
The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, who killed 16,000 Cambodians, ordered babies to be beaten to death and carried out medical experiments on live prisoners has died peacefully in hospital aged 77. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, had been serving a life prison term for war crimes and crimes against humanity having locked up … Read more
Steve Carell says filming his farewell from The Office was ’emotional torture’ but ‘also really beautiful’ By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 02:06 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 02:09 BST, 26 August 2020 Steve Carell has given us plenty of memorable performances over the years, but none so dear as Michael Scott in The … Read more
Activists in Belarus have recorded the ‘screams of torture victims’ coming from inside a Minsk prison on the 4th day of anti-regime protests since a rigged election on Sunday. Protesters have been fighting running battles with police, using stones and fireworks, and being hit with rubber bullets and tear gas on the streets of Minsk. … Read more
The parents of Kayla Mueller have told DailyMail.com that it’s ‘not easy’ learning that two ISIS ‘Beatles’ held in connection with their daughter’s capture in Syria have finally admitted their involvement in her brutal torture and death. American aid worker Kayla was captured and held hostage in Syria, where she was sexually abused and tortured … Read more
Armed cops find sound-proofed torture chamber dubbed ‘the treatment room’ with dentist chair, pliers, scalpels and hedge cutters during raid on Dutch drugs gang HQ Dutch police also found a make-shift prison in a warehouse in Wouwse Plantage The raid was possible after French police cracked the communication network Officers said they found the torture … Read more
RUSSIA: Dmitry Borisovich Kratov, Chief medical officer at Butyrka Prison, mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky RUSSIA Oleg Silchenko, Investigator in the Investigative Committee, mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky RUSSIA: Gennady Vyacheslavovich Karlov, Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry, failed to investigate mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky RUSSIA: Natalya Vinogradova, Deputy Head of Department of Ownership and Financial … Read more