In Nigeria, anti-torture law on torturous path UN recently released a damning report highlighting the inadequacy of measures to end torture and ill-treatment of detainees in Nigeria. 01/14/2025 - 2:55 pm | View Link
UN Libya mission alarmed by reported torture footage in detention facility The U.N. Libya mission expressed on Tuesday its alarm over what it said was footage circulating on social media featuring "brutal torture and ill-treatment" of detainees at the Gernada detention ... 01/14/2025 - 12:17 pm | View Link
4th suspect emerges in 2020 torture, murder of Potter County man after Hornell arrest A witness who reported the grisly torture and murder of a Potter County man more than four years ago is now a suspect in the case. A month after the last of three suspects initially charged in the ... 01/14/2025 - 3:38 am | View Link
'Nobody deserves that torture': Sister of disabled woman who starved to death testifies at inquest Florence Girard was so small when she died that she "looked like a child" in her casket, according to her sister, Sharon Bursey. 01/13/2025 - 2:31 pm | View Link
Torture by any other name Solitary confinement is akin to torture, writes Olinda Moyd. That's why it's important for lawmakers to support legislation being reintroduced this year that will significantly constrain the use of ... 01/12/2025 - 6:53 pm | View Link
Committee against Torture The Committee against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties. 01/10/2025 - 5:21 pm | View Link
“A victim of torture is one too many,” says UN expert Since 1981, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has helped an average of 50,000 victims of torture every year in countries in every region of the world. A special webinar was organized to mark the 40th anniversary of the Fund and the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, by the four UN mandates working against torture, in partnership with UN Human Rights and the American ... 01/10/2025 - 4:09 pm | View Link
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading ... Each State Party shall ensure that education and information regarding the prohibition against torture are fully included in the training of law enforcement personnel, civil or military, medical personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of ... 01/10/2025 - 12:35 pm | View Link
Torture | OHCHR The eradication of torture worldwide was one of the major commitments taken up by the United Nations only a few years after its establishment. UN Human Rights takes part in this commitment by supporting the work of the Special Rapporteur on torture, the Committee against Torture, and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture. 01/10/2025 - 9:29 am | View Link
Special Rapporteur on torture | OHCHR In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, presents her annual overview of trends and developments in line with paragraph 1 (g) of Human Rights Council resolution 52/7, as well as a thematic study focused on good practices and challenges in investigating, prosecuting and preventing wartime sexual ... 01/10/2025 - 1:29 am | View Link
The Justice Department delivered part of special counsel Jack Smith's report to Congress early Tuesday morning, and it's revealing. Most of us said that Donald was running for office again to stay out of prison, and Smith's report confirmed that. The special counsel, who resigned last week, said that the evidence would have been sufficient to convict the disgraced former President and upcoming President in a trial had his 2024 election victory not made it impossible for the prosecution to continue.
The New York Times reports:
"The department's view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind," Mr.
Cook County Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman entered the land of FAFO this week. The FA came when she thought it was a good idea to share a racist meme as a bit of "Christmas humor." The meme consisted of an AI image of a Black boy with a mock-up ankle monitor strapped onto a leg:
I don't see anything Christmasy or humorous about that at all.
The good news is Glennon-Goodman entered the Land of FO this week:
A Cook County judge was reassigned, ordered to undergo bias training and will face a state disciplinary investigation for allegedly circulating a racist meme.
The judge, Caroline Glennon-Goodman, was the subject of an order issued Friday by the Circuit Court’s Executive Committee, which convened to handle the matter after Chief Judge Timothy C.
There is a long list of reasons why Fox News personality Pete Hegseth isn't qualified to head the Department of Defense, and Democrats tore Donald's pick up like a chew toy. Maybe if Donald hadn't nominated a rapey drunk, then the confirmation hearing wouldn't be this brutal. Hegseth, like his hero, isn't capable of keeping his dick in his pants.
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During today's Senate confirmation hearing, Senator Tammy Duckworth exposed Fox News' Pete Hegseth's lack of qualifications and integrity for the post of Secretary of Defense in short order. It was embarrassing to Hegseth and highly informative to the public.
This segment is highlighted by Hegseth being forced to guess what countries were part of ASEAN, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Hegeth is so racist he rattled off Japan.
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy let loose her inner MAGA by reveling in the idea that so many of us lost our homes in the Pacific Palisades wildfires.
Trying to get through the next hour has been challenging for thousands of people dealing with this tragedy, but the crap being vomited by these creeps is almost as nauseating.
Fox News mostly quotes right-winger agitators who are using this trauma to attack the left mercilessly.
Ryan Caldwell who works at BCT Partners in East Brunswick, NJ is about to learn a few things he didn't know before. ThatDaneshGuy on TikTok and others identified him in short order. In response, Caldwell now seems to have deleted all his social media accounts.
Source: Total Pro Sports
A man decked out in Philadelphia Eagles gear is going to forever regret the day he decided to be nasty toward some Green Bay Packers fan over a game.
That fan is under fire after verbally assaulting a female Green Bay Packers supporter during the Wild card game on Sunday, which has sparked a backlash over fan behavior at sporting events.
The altercation occurred when the Eagles fan directed a vulgar slur at the woman, calling her an “ugly dumb c—” in response to her support for the Packers.
The woman was simply cheering on her team after the referee made a call on the field.
Clearly, this fan had already been a problem since the husband of the woman began to record the interaction.
Philadelphia has a well-known reputation for being a tough environment for opposing teams’ fans, but this encounter took things way too far, so social media got to work.
That Philadelphia Eagles fan has now been found and identified.read more