Torture

UK to shell out ‘substantial’ out of court settlement to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee

Zubaydah was accused of being a high-ranking Al-Qaeda official and was alleged to have run training camps in Afghanistan for terrorists. The claim has not been substantiated.

A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Former Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot reacts as he returns home after leaving the hospital, following his release from captivity in Gaza, in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, October 19, 2025.

'I could hear the carnage': Former hostage Elkana Bohbot recounts Nova massacre, Hamas captivity

Former hostage Segev Kalfon speaks in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

Freed hostage Segev Kalfon denounces lack of support received from Israel since release

An anti-Israeli billboard is seen on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Executed Iranian nuclear scientist confessed to aiding Israel after torture, threats against mother


Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest

Greta Thunberg says she and other Gaza flotilla detainees were “kidnapped and tortured” by Israel, a claim the Foreign Ministry denies.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza and was detained by Israel, gestures upon her arrival to the Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, in Athens, Greece, October 6, 2025.

Lawyers demand arrest warrants, ICC genocide investigation, into Khamenei, IRGC over role in Oct. 7

Two US lawyers filed an ICC case accusing Iran’s Khamenei and Qaani of war crimes and genocide for backing Hamas in the October 7 massacre.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei embraces chief of Hamas's Shura Political Council Mohammed Ismail Darwish in Tehran, February 8, 2025.

'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta

Relatives of October 7 victims are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, for livestreams of Hamas's massacre, broadcasting footage of their relatives' murder.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

Inside enemy territory: A former IDF soldier's journey from Tehran to a Beirut jail cell

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: American-Israeli Dan Brotman has travelled across the Middle East as a citizen journalist in order to "understand the world" unseen by mainstream media.

 DESPITE SERVING in the IDF and holding Israeli citizenship, Brotman visited Iran. Here, he stands in front of the 'US Den of Espionage Museum,' site of the former US Embassy in Tehran.

Hamas increased torture against dissident Gazans while world focused on Israel, Iran war - report

This is part of an "escalating wave of bloodshed unleashed by Hamas against the ordinary Gazans it purports to represent," the Telegraph reported.

 Hamas terrorists seen in Khan Yunis, February 20, 2025

Iranian accused by Tehran of being Israeli spy confessed because regime threatened niece - report

Hossein Shanbehzadeh was tortured and had death threats issued against his niece during interrogations, an informed source said. 

 Hossein Shanbehzadeh

'Picture of hell': Hostage families' reveal suffering of living hostages in Gaza

The report stressed that for wounded and ill hostages in Gaza, "each additional day in captivity may be fatal."

 The tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip, where six hostages were murdered by Hamas. September 10, 2024.

Edan Alexander suffering torture, interrogations, starvation in captivity - N12

The released hostages added that Alexander, a soldier who was kidnapped in IDF uniform, was treated much more harshly by his captors than civilian hostages.

 Israeli-American hostage Eden Alexander speaks in video released by Hamas, November 30, 2024.

UN to recognize hostage families as victims of Hamas's psychological terror

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, will present the report at a special event in Geneva, Switzerland.

 Hostage families call for deal now, January 11, 2025.

Torture, interrogation, and lice infestation: Hostages reveal first details of captivity

The hostages were held in extremely unhealthy environments full of lice, bedbugs, mold and mildew.

A northern Gaza tunnel uncovered and dismantled by the IDF.