torture
Trump earns new title: War criminal
May 17, 2019Donald Trump, who has been called almost everything—racist, sexist, inept, pathological liar, and moron—now assumes a new mantle.
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British groups push Prime Minister to oppose Trump’s torture talk
January 27, 2017Government ministers, the Labour Party, and human rights groups urge Theresa May to take a strong line as she flies out to meet President Trump.
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Activists turn Chicago police torture site at Homan Square into Freedom Square
July 27, 2016The occupation is one of several national protests currently being led by African-American-led organizations.
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Landmark settlement ends long-term solitary confinement in Calif. prisons
September 3, 2015Some 2,858 inmates were reportedly held in solitary; some for 10, 20 or even 30 years, spending all but an hour or so of their day isolated in tiny cement-lined cells.
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Chicago to pay reparations to police torture victims
May 5, 2015Victims of police torture would share $5.5 million, receive an apology and see their story taught in school under a reparations package.
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