Torture

Police are searching for the boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman who was found with severe injuries that were allegedly the result of being tortured with a hammer.

The White House official said he hoped future leaders would "appreciate the value and respect that torture shows towards other cultures" in the 2003 clip.

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to house undocumented migrants at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and torture of his former business partner, allegedly held captive for weeks.

Speculation surrounding a Google Earth image of El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center has increased following a new photo some believe is photoshopped.

A Florida couple faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a teenager they met through an online dating app.

New York prosecutors say a transgender man endured a month of "especially cruel" torture and that those involved even coerced children into participating.

Disgraced YouTuber Ruby Franke kept a chilling journal detailing the abuse she inflicted on her children, whom she believed were demonically possessed.

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, often shrouded in secrecy, is a sprawling facility divided into multiple compounds, each with varying levels of security and accommodation.

An Syrian military official who fled to the United States was charged in California with multiple counts of torture, specifically for using a device called the "flying carpet" to inflict pain on prisoners.

A United Nations report revealed Israel destroyed Gaza's healthcare system, "committed war crimes, and deliberately attacked medical personnel and facilities."

A California jury found a man guilty of torturing and murdering his girlfriend after days of abuse.

An Iranian couple was sentenced to prison time and flogging for a series of charges, including "keeping a cat".

Ten dismembered bodies were found by authorities underneath the floor of a dance hall in Mexico after they arrested nine people who are believed to be the members of a criminal cartel.

A protest in Colombia in 2021 turned violent with some women getting raped and tortured by police.

The Iranian government reportedly threatened its players’ families ahead of Iran's match against the United States.

The leader of the Russian Wagner Group on Tuesday praised a viral video showing the murder of a former fighter of the group who had surrendered to the Ukrainian side during the war.

As Russian forces deal with large casualties from the Russia-Ukraine war, the Russian government is reported on Thursday to be recruiting soldiers from prisons in order to boost their numbers.

A man in California is being charged with rape and torture, among other raps, on Thursday after he reportedly imprisoned a woman for months on end in his home, torturing and raping her.

On Tuesday, a Manhattan grand jury indicted a 22-year-old woman who reportedly took a would-be suitor hostage for more than 12 hours, a near-death experience for the victim, according to prosecutors.

A court in Wales heard that a bisexual psychiatrist was “beaten, tortured and left for dead” by at least three attackers, including a girl as young as 16, while he was looking for gay sex in a park near Cardiff Castle following the fallout of his marriage last year.

Marie and Occius Dorsainvil have been arrested on Friday after they tortured an alleged lover of Marie's before extorting over $50,000 from the man.

Police nabbed a deranged Utah man, who is accused of staging a hostage drama, where he held a woman captive for several weeks in sheer desperation to force her to fall in love with him. 

A man has been arrested on Wednesday accused of the torture and murder of L.A.-based celebrity business manager Angela "Angie" Kukawski, who was found dead inside her car in Simi Valley on Dec. 23. 

A Utah man, who allegedly held his wife captive, tortured, and raped her in their home, is also accused of the gruesome murder of his 99-year-old grandmother, according to charging documents filed Wednesday.

Former inmates in an Oklahoma jail have sued the state on Tuesday after they alleged that two former jail officers tortured them by making them listen to "Baby Shark" in loud volumes for hours.

Between 2016 and 2018, around 18,000 people were reportedly killed in Venezuela for resisting authority.

Rie Hachiyanagi from Mount Holyoke College has been sentenced to 10-to-12 years in prison on Wednesday for the torture of her colleague Lauret Savoy.

An Indiana woman is behind bars facing a slew of felony charges after an alleged threesome set up on a dating app turned into the horrific rape and murder of her two victims, one of whom was declared “deceased and beyond help” after being brutally beaten to death.

A Vermont man may rot in jail for life after admitting he paid for the services of a Venezuelan woman, instructing her to kidnap a "slave” and take a sick video of the victim while he was being beaten, tortured, and suffocated to death.