The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of former leader Col Gaddafi are being tortured in detention.

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New Libya torture claims emerge

John Kiriakou is charged with disclosing to journalists the identity of a C.I.A. analyst who worked on a 2002 operation that seized and interrogated Abu Zubaydah, a top Qaeda operative.

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Ex-C.I.A. Officer John Kiriakou Accused in Leak

The European Court of Human Rights said that Abu Qatada cannot be deported from Britain to his native Jordan because his trial there would be tainted by evidence obtained by torture.

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Britain Overruled on Abu Qatada, a Terrorism Suspect

A special 10-man police unit to hunt down the husband and others responsible for the torture of a 15-year-old Afghan bride has been set up, officials say.

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Afghan unit to hunt bride husband

A former Albanian intelligence chief wanted for torture and kidnapping has jumped bail and gone missing in London.

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Albanian torture suspect missing

What does liberation really mean? Words spoken without fear of death by torture? Or images spray-painted on the side of a building where a sniper once perched?

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Crossing the Line: Libyan Graffiti and the Point of No Return

Petition ICC to look into civilian deaths and torture.

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Mexican Activists Want Calderon Investigated

Activists in Mexico ask the International Criminal Court to investigate President Felipe Calderon and other top officials over the torture and killing of civilians.

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Mexico activists seek ICC probe

Iraqi civilians win a Court of Appeal battle in their bid for a new public inquiry into allegations of torture.

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Iraqis win torture inquiry bid

And calls waterboarding “torture.”

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Obama to Put Added Pressure on Iran

A UN expert has says the inquiry into UK complicity in allegations of torture must be open and transparent.

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UK torture inquiry ‘must be open’

‘Austin Powers’ actor has been convicted of torture.

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Actor Accused of Killing Cellmate

A United Nations report provides a devastating picture of abuses committed by arms of the Afghanistan government as foreign forces there are moving to wind down their presence.

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U.N. Report Finds Routine Abuse of Afghan Detainees

The High Court has rejected an attempt by the UK’s human rights watchdog to rule guidance on torture is unlawful.

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Judges reject torture challenge

MEXICO CITY — Top Mexican security officials said Thursday that there is no evidence that true paramilitary groups are operating in Mexico, countering video boasts by a shadowy group of masked men who asserted responsibility for the torture-murder of 35 alleged drug cartel members last week. A group calling itself the Zeta Killers said it dumped the half-naked, bound and beaten corpses of 11 women and 24 men at a busy intersection in the tourist zone of Veracruz last week. Read full article > >

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Mexico denies that paramilitaries operate