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UN expert urges probe of alleged torture of Palestinian prisoners

  • The UN special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, said she had received allegations of abuse against Palestinians held in prisons run by the Israeli Prison Service
  • She had been carrying out a “thorough review for the past two months” based on multiple sources, but that her investigation was continuing.
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Syrians missing, dying from torture in militant-run prisons

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Torture scandal at Syrian military hospital

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Iran protester’s custody death ‘suspicious’ after ‘torture’: rights groups

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UN expert concerned over Russian state-backed torture in Ukraine

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US couple detained in Uganda gets fresh charge that carries death penalty

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Germany arrests Syrian accused of torturing captives with Daesh

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German prosecutors charge Syrian doctor with murder, torture

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