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Madhya Pradesh Woman Attempts Suicide With 3 Daughters, 1 Survives: Cops
In a tragic incident in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Tuesday, a woman hanged herself along with her three daughters, following which the woman and her two daughters died while one girl was admitted to hospital in a serious condition, a police official
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"Kiska," The Loneliest Orca Of World, Is Facing Severe Torture Conditions In Captivity: Report
A trapped whale, known to be the world's loneliest orca, has been subjected to conditions that are "tantamount to torture."
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Mumbai Woman Raped Inside Tempo, Tortured With Iron Rod: Cops
A 34-year-old woman was raped and brutally assaulted inside a stationary tempo in suburban Sakinaka and her condition was said to be serious.
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Bengal Woman, Allegedly Raped By Relative, In Hospital; Accused Arrested
The woman who was raped allegedly by a relative and was tortured with an iron rod inserted in her private parts has been operated upon in a government hospital and is in a serious condition, hospital sources said Monday.
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Jailed 9/11 Convict Complains Of Mental 'Torture'
The only person convicted in the United States for the 9/11 attacks is suing President Donald Trump over his conditions at a high-security prison in Colorado.
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Starved, Shackled California Siblings Being Treated At Local Hospital
The 13 California siblings kept in "horrific" conditions by their parents, including some who were shackled to furniture, others who were starved, were being treated after an ordeal that could leave them scarred for years, authorities said on Tuesday.
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India Behind 161 Nations In Ratifying Treaty On Torture
India stands behind 161 nations, including Pakistan, as it is yet to ratify the 30-year-old United Nations' Convention Against Torture by making a law on it despite signing it way back in 1997. It may sound bizarre, but India is among the only nine countries worldwide which are yet to ratify this crucial convention, an essential condition for a sig...
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Army Chief General Bipin Rawat Says Please Use Complaint Boxes, After Jawans' Videos Go Viral
After a cluster of videos of jawans highlighting their poor work conditions went viral this week, inciting public anger, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said that complaints or feedback by soldiers should be sent to his office rather than through social media, stressing the importance of problems being handled internally. General Rawat also told rep...
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Starving, Dehydrated: Mumbai's Victoria Horses Hospitalised
Overworked, underfed and forced to haul carriages in Mumbai, giving rides to hundreds daily. Working under these grueling conditions, four Victoria horses in Mumbai have now been hospitalised over severe injuries. The horses were starving, dehydrated and had raw wounds across their body.
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European Union Guantanamo Delegation Calls For Flexible Prison Conditions
A delegation of five European officials recommended on Wednesday that inmates cleared for release from the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be jailed under more flexible conditions, an aide said.
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Kerala: Tortured five-year-old boy's condition improving, say doctors
The condition of the five-year-old boy, who was brutalised and tortured by his parents, is improving, doctors attending to him said today.
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Kerala child, allegedly tortured by parents, in critical condition
The condition of the five-year-old boy, who was beaten mercilessly and tortured by his parents, further deteriorated today. Doctors at St John's Hospital in Kerala's Idukki district, where the child is lying in coma, said his condition was "very critical". The child has suffered extensive damage to his brain and lungs and has horrifying injuries al...
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Three-year-old burnt with cigarettes, beaten, clawed by stepfather
A three-year-old boy is struggling for life at a government hospital in Rajasthan after his alcoholic stepfather allegedly put burning cigarettes on his face, beat him up and clawed him in a drunken condition, police said on Friday.
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Madhya Pradesh Woman Attempts Suicide With 3 Daughters, 1 Survives: Cops
In a tragic incident in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Tuesday, a woman hanged herself along with her three daughters, following which the woman and her two daughters died while one girl was admitted to hospital in a serious condition, a police official
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"Kiska," The Loneliest Orca Of World, Is Facing Severe Torture Conditions In Captivity: Report
A trapped whale, known to be the world's loneliest orca, has been subjected to conditions that are "tantamount to torture."
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Mumbai Woman Raped Inside Tempo, Tortured With Iron Rod: Cops
A 34-year-old woman was raped and brutally assaulted inside a stationary tempo in suburban Sakinaka and her condition was said to be serious.
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Bengal Woman, Allegedly Raped By Relative, In Hospital; Accused Arrested
The woman who was raped allegedly by a relative and was tortured with an iron rod inserted in her private parts has been operated upon in a government hospital and is in a serious condition, hospital sources said Monday.
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Jailed 9/11 Convict Complains Of Mental 'Torture'
The only person convicted in the United States for the 9/11 attacks is suing President Donald Trump over his conditions at a high-security prison in Colorado.
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Starved, Shackled California Siblings Being Treated At Local Hospital
The 13 California siblings kept in "horrific" conditions by their parents, including some who were shackled to furniture, others who were starved, were being treated after an ordeal that could leave them scarred for years, authorities said on Tuesday.
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India Behind 161 Nations In Ratifying Treaty On Torture
India stands behind 161 nations, including Pakistan, as it is yet to ratify the 30-year-old United Nations' Convention Against Torture by making a law on it despite signing it way back in 1997. It may sound bizarre, but India is among the only nine countries worldwide which are yet to ratify this crucial convention, an essential condition for a sig...
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Army Chief General Bipin Rawat Says Please Use Complaint Boxes, After Jawans' Videos Go Viral
After a cluster of videos of jawans highlighting their poor work conditions went viral this week, inciting public anger, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said that complaints or feedback by soldiers should be sent to his office rather than through social media, stressing the importance of problems being handled internally. General Rawat also told rep...
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Starving, Dehydrated: Mumbai's Victoria Horses Hospitalised
Overworked, underfed and forced to haul carriages in Mumbai, giving rides to hundreds daily. Working under these grueling conditions, four Victoria horses in Mumbai have now been hospitalised over severe injuries. The horses were starving, dehydrated and had raw wounds across their body.
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European Union Guantanamo Delegation Calls For Flexible Prison Conditions
A delegation of five European officials recommended on Wednesday that inmates cleared for release from the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be jailed under more flexible conditions, an aide said.
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Kerala: Tortured five-year-old boy's condition improving, say doctors
The condition of the five-year-old boy, who was brutalised and tortured by his parents, is improving, doctors attending to him said today.
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Kerala child, allegedly tortured by parents, in critical condition
The condition of the five-year-old boy, who was beaten mercilessly and tortured by his parents, further deteriorated today. Doctors at St John's Hospital in Kerala's Idukki district, where the child is lying in coma, said his condition was "very critical". The child has suffered extensive damage to his brain and lungs and has horrifying injuries al...
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Three-year-old burnt with cigarettes, beaten, clawed by stepfather
A three-year-old boy is struggling for life at a government hospital in Rajasthan after his alcoholic stepfather allegedly put burning cigarettes on his face, beat him up and clawed him in a drunken condition, police said on Friday.
