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18 Years On, A War Crime Investigation Haunts Trump's Defence Secretary Pick
Eighteen years ago, an operation targeting suspected al-Qaeda militants in Iraq took a dark turn when US soldiers killed three detainees under suspicious circumstances. At the centre of renewed scrutiny is Pete Hegseth.
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Israel Used Dogs, Waterboarding On Palestinian Detainees: UN Flags "Torture"
Since October 7, thousands of Palestinians -- including medics, patients, residents and captured fighters -- have been taken from Gaza to Israel.
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Beaten, Burnt, Urinated Upon: Gazans' Account Of Torture By Israel Army
Three Palestinian brothers rounded up by Israel in the Gaza Strip said they and fellow detainees were beaten, stripped to their underwear, burnt with cigarettes and subjected to other forms of mistreatment during their detention.
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Palestinian Teen, Accused of Attacking Israelis, Barred From Former School
Israel has said a Palestinian teenager who was among the youngest prisoners and detainees it freed under a Gaza truce cannot return to his former school in Jerusalem until at least mid-January after a period of probation.
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"Can't Express How I Feel": Freed Palestine Prisoners' Bittersweet Reunion
For the families of Palestinian detainees freed by Israel under a hostage deal agreed with the Islamist group Hamas, Friday brought relief tinged with sadness at the fighting that is set to continue in Gaza after the expiry of a four-day truce.
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39 Palestinians, Including 6 Women And 33 Minors, Released by Israel
Prison authorities in Israel announced early Sunday that they had released 39 Palestinian detainees after Hamas freed 13 hostages under an agreement that came into force on Friday.
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39 Palestinian Prisoners Freed From Israeli Prisons In Gaza Hostage Deal
West Bank - For the families of Palestinian detainees freed by Israel under a hostage deal agreed with Islamist group Hamas, Friday brought relief tinged with sadness at the fighting that is set to continue in Gaza after the expiry of a 4-day truce.
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Xi Jinping Calls For "Immediate Ceasefire" In Israel-Hamas War
Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for the release of civilian detainees and an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, state media said, as the Chinese President addressed a virtual summit of fellow BRICS leaders.
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Tamil Nadu Officer Accused Of Breaking Teeth Of Men In Custody To Be Prosecuted
The Tamil Nadu government has accorded sanction to prosecute a suspended IPS official, Balveer Singh, facing charges of pulling out the teeth of crime suspects and detainees with pliers, an official said.
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Man Accused Of Aiding 9/11 Attack "Too Mentally Damaged" For Trial: US Judge
A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.
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5 US Detainees Freed By Iran Land In Qatar Under Prisoner Swap Deal
Five US citizens freed by Iran landed in Qatar on Monday in a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds, an AFP reporter said.
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$6 Billion Sent To Mediator Qatar For US-Iran Prisoner Swap: Report
Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.
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Ukrainian Detainees Tortured, Sexually Assaulted By Russian Forces: Report
A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday in a summary of their latest findings.
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Video: Mob Attacks Madhya Pradesh Police Station, Frees Dacoit From Lock-Up
A mob of more than 50 people forcefully entered a police station in Madya Pradesh's Burhanpur district on Friday and freed three detainees, one of them a dacoit, police officials said. During the rampage, the mob also attacked police officials with s
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What Centre Said On Shifting Detainees Under Public Safety Law To Jails Outside J&K
Issues of "genuine national security" are involved in cases of shifting of over 20 people, detained under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir, to jails outside the Union Territory, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday.
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18 Years On, A War Crime Investigation Haunts Trump's Defence Secretary Pick
Eighteen years ago, an operation targeting suspected al-Qaeda militants in Iraq took a dark turn when US soldiers killed three detainees under suspicious circumstances. At the centre of renewed scrutiny is Pete Hegseth.
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Israel Used Dogs, Waterboarding On Palestinian Detainees: UN Flags "Torture"
Since October 7, thousands of Palestinians -- including medics, patients, residents and captured fighters -- have been taken from Gaza to Israel.
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Beaten, Burnt, Urinated Upon: Gazans' Account Of Torture By Israel Army
Three Palestinian brothers rounded up by Israel in the Gaza Strip said they and fellow detainees were beaten, stripped to their underwear, burnt with cigarettes and subjected to other forms of mistreatment during their detention.
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Palestinian Teen, Accused of Attacking Israelis, Barred From Former School
Israel has said a Palestinian teenager who was among the youngest prisoners and detainees it freed under a Gaza truce cannot return to his former school in Jerusalem until at least mid-January after a period of probation.
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"Can't Express How I Feel": Freed Palestine Prisoners' Bittersweet Reunion
For the families of Palestinian detainees freed by Israel under a hostage deal agreed with the Islamist group Hamas, Friday brought relief tinged with sadness at the fighting that is set to continue in Gaza after the expiry of a four-day truce.
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39 Palestinians, Including 6 Women And 33 Minors, Released by Israel
Prison authorities in Israel announced early Sunday that they had released 39 Palestinian detainees after Hamas freed 13 hostages under an agreement that came into force on Friday.
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39 Palestinian Prisoners Freed From Israeli Prisons In Gaza Hostage Deal
West Bank - For the families of Palestinian detainees freed by Israel under a hostage deal agreed with Islamist group Hamas, Friday brought relief tinged with sadness at the fighting that is set to continue in Gaza after the expiry of a 4-day truce.
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Xi Jinping Calls For "Immediate Ceasefire" In Israel-Hamas War
Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for the release of civilian detainees and an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, state media said, as the Chinese President addressed a virtual summit of fellow BRICS leaders.
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Tamil Nadu Officer Accused Of Breaking Teeth Of Men In Custody To Be Prosecuted
The Tamil Nadu government has accorded sanction to prosecute a suspended IPS official, Balveer Singh, facing charges of pulling out the teeth of crime suspects and detainees with pliers, an official said.
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Man Accused Of Aiding 9/11 Attack "Too Mentally Damaged" For Trial: US Judge
A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.
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5 US Detainees Freed By Iran Land In Qatar Under Prisoner Swap Deal
Five US citizens freed by Iran landed in Qatar on Monday in a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds, an AFP reporter said.
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$6 Billion Sent To Mediator Qatar For US-Iran Prisoner Swap: Report
Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.
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Ukrainian Detainees Tortured, Sexually Assaulted By Russian Forces: Report
A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday in a summary of their latest findings.
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Video: Mob Attacks Madhya Pradesh Police Station, Frees Dacoit From Lock-Up
A mob of more than 50 people forcefully entered a police station in Madya Pradesh's Burhanpur district on Friday and freed three detainees, one of them a dacoit, police officials said. During the rampage, the mob also attacked police officials with s
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What Centre Said On Shifting Detainees Under Public Safety Law To Jails Outside J&K
Issues of "genuine national security" are involved in cases of shifting of over 20 people, detained under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir, to jails outside the Union Territory, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday.
