Torture

Who is Levi Salem Musa Marhabi, the Yemeni Jew held hostage by the Houthis?

Marhabi was arrested in March 2016 for helping a Jewish family and an 800-year-old Torah leave Yemen. In March 2018, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

 Levi Salem Musa Marhabi.
Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, holds a photograph of himself during his release by Hamas as he the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, March 20, 2025

Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026; illustrative.

Iran's Araghchi dismisses, smiles at reporter's question on regime's execution, torture of Iranians

A man walks inside the Adra prison in the town of Adra on the northeast outskirts of Damascus on December 16, 2024.

Assad-era Syrian official convicted of torture, jailed for 60 years by US court


Iran’s regime threatens to execute brother of wrestler Navid Afkari

Navid’s brothers Vahid and Habib also participated in the demonstrations against the regime in 2018

Executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

US: PA tortured participants in American-led 2019 Bahrain parley

The PA had boycotted the conference, but some individual Palestinians did participate.

Workers place a banner at the pavilion where the U.S. hosted event "Peace to Prosperity" takes place outside Four Seasons Hotel in Manama, Bahrain.

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny reveals terrible treatment in prison

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny claimed that his health has greatly deteriorated and he was being prevented from seeing a doctor and sleeping by prison guards, a practice he likened to torture.

People participate in a demonstration after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in jail, in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021.

Syrian refugees arbitrarily arrested, tortured in Lebanon - Amnesty

A security agent told one detainee that his "life will end in this place," according to the report.

Syrian refugees walk as they carry containers at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021

German court issues guilty verdict in first Syria torture trial

Eyad A.'s lawyers had asked for an acquittal, saying he had carried out the arrests in and around Damascus under duress by his superiors.

Staff removes handcuffs of Syrian defendant Eyad A. as he arrives to hear his verdict in the courtroom in Koblenz, Germany February 24, 2021.

Biden launches review, aims to close Guantanamo before leaving office

Trump kept the prison open during his four years in the White House. Now, 40 prisoners remain, most held for nearly two decades without being charged or tried.

DEMONSTRATORS IN prison jumpsuits and black hoods call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in a protest near the White House in January.

Condoning Israel's use of torture in the Duma arson case - opinion

Except for Israel (as a result of the court’s decision), no civilized country permits torture only to extract a confession and where the accused poses no danger.

Amiram Ben Uliel, the suspect in the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to hear his verdict at the court on May 18, 2020

Shin Bet cleared of 'torture' of Palestinian accused in Rina Shnerb murder

Samer Arbid almost died from his interrogation.

Rina Shnerb, 17, was killed by an improvised explosive device in the West Bank, August 23 2019

Belarus opposition asks European prosecutors to probe torture accusations

Belarus has been rocked by months of anti-government protests after veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in an Aug. 9 presidential election.

Belarusian law enforcement officers detain a woman during an opposition rally to reject the presidential election results and to protest against the inauguration of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus September 26, 2020.

Screenplay in works about rabbi who tortured men to get religious divorces

Brodesser-Akner, The New York Times journalist and author of the best-selling novel “Fleishman Is In Trouble,” said the subject matter “is extremely close to my heart.”

File photo: Divorce.