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German justice handed 27,000 images of 'torture and killings by Assad regime'

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:40:43 +0200

More than 27,000 images of torture and killings allegedly perpetrated by the Assad regime in Syria have been handed to German prosecutors who are investigating possible abuses, a rights group said on Friday.

Greens and Left demand follow-up on US torture

Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:08:00 +0100

Opposition parties are calling for the government to adopt a harsher stance towards the USA after the US Senate published a report into CIA torture last week.

CIA tortured German it mistook for a terrorist

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:23:00 +0100

A German citizen abducted and tortured by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents in 2004 should never have been detained, a US Senate report published on Tuesday showed.

German film on music in torture wins Emmy

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:41:00 +0100

A German documentary about how music is used as torture won an International Emmy in New York on Monday night.

Germany uses foreign torture intel, report says

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:01:00 +0200

Germany, along with Britain and France, uses foreign intelligence obtained through torture in the fight against terrorism, a new report from Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Torture victim claims Mercedes Benz aided Argentinian regime

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:13:00 +0100

A former Mercedes Benz worker who was tortured during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship has said that the German auto manufacturer collaborated with the regime.

Secret CIA terrorist prisons were planned from Frankfurt

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:45:00 +0200

Three controversial secret CIA prisons built after September 11, 2001 to house alleged terrorists were planned from Frankfurt, The New York Times reported this week.

Tongues wagging over 'torture' sheikh's Bavarian second home

Tue, 12 May 2009 14:23:00 +0200

The picturesque Bavarian town of Dietramzell gained unwanted attention this month as the second home of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan – recently exposed on tape viciously torturing a man. The Local spoke with Mayor Leni Gröbmaier.