Torture

Tens of thousands of people are being held in government custody, according to the U.N.

The body of the 28-year-old Cambridge University doctoral student has been taken to a Cairo morgue.

There are no elections, there is torture and human rights abuses. And there is global indifference.

New details emerge about the investigations into child abuse and homicide in Northern California.

An investigation into a possible case of child abuse and torture in Northern California led police to discover the bodies of two young children in a storage unit.

In a report released Tuesday, the rights group also laid out how officials who authorized the agency's "enhanced interrogation program" could be prosecuted.

The GOP candidate's latest slew of incendiary comments include support for bringing back a torture mechanism.

The victims imprisoned in Hissène Habré's presidential palace in N'Djamena have spent 25 years working to bring him to trial.

Relatives pay brokers tens of thousands of dollars to find out if their loved ones are still alive, says the report.

How is Obama ever going to close Guantánamo if diplomatic assurances are worthless?

The elections come weeks after Saudi Arabia was appointed head of a human rights panel.

A report from the group cited the discovery of mass graves, among other things.

Younous Chekkouri's lawyers hope a short letter from the Justice Department will help free him.

ACLU files lawsuit against two psychologists responsible for CIA's use of brutal interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.

Suspected of covering up a grisly death, David Martine was never charged with a crime, but never cleared either.

Younis Chekkouri was repatriated to Morocco, but is being held in an undisclosed location as he is investigated.

Zubaydah, a Guantanamo Bay detainee, lost one eye and was waterboarded 83 times while held by the CIA.

Michelle Knight is one of the world's most famous survivors. But that doesn't pay the rent or buy back the life that was ripped from her.

APA votes nearly unanimously for resolution following damning reports the association colluded with CIA and Pentagon.

It is easy and convenient to blame a few bad apples, but the crisis in psychology runs far deeper.

Psychologists were allowed to participate in interrogations if they adhered to U.S. law, but they violated every international code of medical ethics.

An independent report commissioned by the American Psychological Association found that some of its senior officials helped justify "enhanced interrogation."

Experts say the U.S. needs to rethink how its interrogators are trained.

The report described extrajudicial killings, widespread torture, sexual slavery and enforced labor.

George Washington abhorred torture and so should we.

The FBI says Matt DeHart is a child pornographer, but he claims they tortured him for classified CIA files.

Judge orders pictures of detainee abuse be released after a more than decade-long legal battle.

The Obama administration breaks a record for censoring the most government records requested through the Freedom of Information Act.

"When something like this is happening on this scale, we have to do something about it."

The Mexican president's state visit has caused disquiet among groups concerned by the country's human rights record.