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In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)
January 14, 2026, 1:34 am
Iran has aired some 100 forced confessions by anti-regime protesters, activists say
Tehran ups pace of notorious broadcasts amid unrest, with regular references to Israel and US as supposed proof of foreign plots; activists report that confessions follow torture
By Melanie Lidman
Guantanamo detainee Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, also known as Abu Zubaydah, in an undated video. (Screenshot)
January 13, 2026, 4:58 pm
UK to pay ‘substantial sum’ to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee over torture claims
Lawsuit settlement for Saudi-born-and-raised prisoner Abu Zubaydah, jailed since 2002 and now said not to have belonged to al-Qaeda, comes after he was waterboarded 83 times
By Agencies
Israeli security forces on guard at Ofer Prison, outside of Jerusalem, February 8, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
November 29, 2025, 9:01 pm
UN committee calls for probe into alleged Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners
Report details allegations of systemic abuse, including beatings, electrocution, sexual violence; Israeli envoy dismisses allegations as ‘disinformation’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A view of Vienna, Austria, on August 15, 2019. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 13, 2025, 5:15 pm
Mossad arranged Austrian asylum for Syrian double agent accused of torture – report
Khaled al-Halabi, charged over suppressing protests in Raqqa, lived in Vienna in apartment paid for by Israeli spy agency that got him into country, NY Times says
By ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador Daniel Meron addresses reporters at the United Nations offices in Geneva on March 10, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
November 13, 2025, 5:04 am
Israel grilled at UN over reports claiming ‘systematic and widespread torture’ of Palestinians
Israeli ambassador rejects allegations as ‘disinformation’; committee acknowledges ‘very disturbing’ accusations against Hamas which it ‘will take up… with the state of Palestine’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli-Russian doctoral researcher from Princeton University, Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq, in 2023 and released last September, speaks during an interview in Ramat Gan, Israel, on November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 11, 2025, 1:25 pm
Elizabeth Tsurkov recovering from captivity and torture at hands of Iraqi terrorists
Kataeb Hezbollah originally kidnapped the researcher hoping to get ransom for her as a foreigner, she says, but started torturing her when they discovered she was Israeli
By Melanie Lidman
Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara (center) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
March 6, 2025, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 6: Day 517 – Who will be on the squad that fires the attorney general?
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on the almost unprecedented steps taken to remove a legal thorn in the side of the coalition as it attempts to rebalance the scales of the justice system
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jeremy Sharon
Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
January 7, 2025, 12:29 pm
‘My screams would go to heaven’: Syrians speak out about torture under Assad
Long silenced by fear, men and women finally share what happened in the 100 detention facilities where torture, brutality, sexual violence and mass executions were rampant
By Sarah El Deeb and Malak Harb
This image released by the IDF on January 20, 2024, shows the inside of a cell in a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis where hostages were held. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 29, 2024, 12:03 pm
Teens forced to perform sexual acts on each other: Report to UN details Hamas torture
Government document compiles grim details of abuse of hostages, including whipping, branding with heated iron, isolation, binding, starving, maltreatment and psychological torment
By Michael Bachner and Diana Bletter
People ride on a motorcycle at the entrance of the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees in the south of Damascus on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
December 22, 2024, 8:25 am
Amid ruins of Damascus camp-city, Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime
Mahmud Khaled Ajaj describes torture he faced in Syrian prison while Haitham Hassan al-Nada recounts being shot, left for dead as a deserter for not wanting to fight in Syrian army
By Dave Clark
A still image taken from CCTV footage and released by the IDF on November 10, 2024 shows a Palestinian detainee chained by his feet to the ceiling by a Hamas operative in the Gaza Strip. The footage is said by the IDF to document the widespread use of torture by Hamas against its opponents.
November 10, 2024, 4:55 pm
Israel publishes footage of Hamas torturing Palestinian detainees in Gaza
Clips show people bound, beaten, their limbs forced into unnatural positions; IDF says video shows terror group’s ‘brutal method’ of repressing dissent
By ToI Staff
Blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel, winter 2023. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
September 18, 2024, 6:29 pm
High Court declines to shutter Sde Teiman, orders state to abide by law for detainees
Court notes that conditions at detention facility have improved since petition was filed, says maintaining rule of law distinguishes Israel from its enemies
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters who broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists suspected of abusing Palestinian terrorist detainees, in Kfar Yona, July 29, 2024. (Oren Ziv/AFP)
August 11, 2024, 4:46 am
Almost 2 weeks later, probe opened into far-right rioters who broke into military bases
Police and IDF confirm investigation into storming of Sde Teiman and Beit Lid facilities by protesters decrying arrest of soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian terror detainees
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Bereaved families from the October 7 massacres and right-wing activists protest against a hearing in the High Court of Justice over a petition against the conditions of Hamas terrorists and suspects in the Sde Teiman detention facility, where severe allegations of abuses and torture have been made, August 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 7, 2024, 5:24 pm
Right-wing protesters disrupt High Court hearing over Sde Teiman detention center
Chief justice says legal proceedings cannot be interrupted; state insists ‘core principles’ of law upheld at facility, where severe abuse of Palestinian detainees has been alleged
By Jeremy Sharon
Gazan detainees seen in a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 6, 2024, 9:59 pm
State admits some Sde Teiman detainees kept in permanent restraints, blindfolds
Responding to a human rights petition to the High Court, officials say restraints used for security purposes, insists facility run in accordance with the law
By Jeremy Sharon
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