Xu Zhiyong, 51, a former lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, is serving 14 years. Mr Xu began ...

Her former colleague, 24-year-old Ridha Kazmi, was jailed for three months after admitting one allegation of ill-treatment the same year. The court had been told that Asif's 80-year-old victim was ...

For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees, in both official and unofficial detention facilities, to ill-treatment and torture with no accountability. A landmark trial of prison ...

A greyhound trainer who told RSPCA inspectors he was “waiting for the dog to die” has been banned from owning animals and suspended from racing in SA after pleading guilty to animal cruelty.

Your support makes all the difference. A Chinese human rights lawyer has started a hunger strike in protest against his treatment in prison where he is serving time for “subversion of state ...

GENEVA (31 October 2024) – UN experts* have again written to the authorities in Belarus to voice concerns about continuing allegations of ill-treatment in detention and unnecessary and ...

The woman colonel, who is suspended from service and facing disciplinary proceedings, has been allowed to get treatment for ...

A Port Pirie man lied to RSPCA inspectors that his dog had died before they later returned to find him alive but in a ...