Torture

Eritreans face torture, sexual assault, during national service, UN says

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5 Gangster Disciples convicted of torturing, murdering police informant in Atlanta

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Stewart Weldon thegrio.com

3 bodies found at home of man accused of kidnapping and torture

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Barbaric Texas judge under fire for torturing defendant with stun gun during trial

A Texas judge is accused of crossing the line after reports surfaced that he ordered a stun gun to be […]
/ March 8, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Hillary Clinton: 'Black lives matter'

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she’s proud to have been part of an administration that “banned […]
/ December 17, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

President Obama: Some of CIA's harsh methods were 'brutal'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that some of the tactics described in a Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations were “brutal,” ”wrong” and “counterproductive,”…
/ December 10, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Former cop who tortured victims for decades released

A former Chicago cop who tortured victims for decades throughout the 1970s and 1980s has been released from prison. Jon Burge, 66, was released into a Florida halfway house following three-and-a-half years in prison on perjury charges for lying about the torture.
/ October 3, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Lupita Nyong'o's father reveals family torture in Kenya: 'We were harassed'

theGRIO REPORT – New interviews with members of Lupita Nyongo’s family reveal that some of the cruelty and agony the actress portrayed onscreen also reflected a reality they lived just years ago…
/ March 20, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Stanley Wrice freed after 30 years in Chicago police torture saga

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — During his more than 30 years behind bars, Stanley Wrice insisted he was innocent, that Chicago police had beat him until he confessed to a rape he didn’t commit…
/ December 12, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

History is repeating itself at Guantánamo Bay

OPINION – The detainees there today are not the first to be held indefinitely there, nor are they the first to stage a hunger strike to protest their detention…
/ July 1, 2013