You absolutely must read the three four torture memos released today by the Justice Department. Do not delay: skip the news reports and summaries and read the actual memos – their measured ...

Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects. These are just some of the abuses ...

A brutal form of torture has appalled historians for centuries - and is one of the most terrifying forms of execution ever conceived. Scaphism involved ensnaring a victim between two wooden boats, ...