Posts tagged torture

After a month-long trial, a gay couple in the United Kingdom have been found guilty of murder after a brutal act which saw a lesbian …

The Council of Europe has tackled Chechen officials over the detention, torture and murder of gay people in the Russian republic. Frank Schwabe, a member …

“We owe it to our neighbours in Brunei to stand up for their rights.”

The Sultan of Brunei first announced the small but wealthy nation would adopt full sharia law in 2014, which prompted a global backlash. The laws will now come into effect on April 3.

As many as 40 people are feared to have been detained in a new wave of the crackdown, which is believed to have begun in December 2016.

One of the men cried as his sentence was read out.

I was planning on writing some cutesy anecdotal piece from last weekend with the kids. It fell flat on its head as soon as I …