In venerating the Cross, faith remembers. It sees Jesus as the victim of a world that barricades itself against love. In such a world, God has to be revealed in a way never been known before. Even ...

In 2004, German police captured a man they believed had kidnapped a young boy. They questioned him for two days, and then, fearing for the child’s safety, a senior officer authorized an interrogator ...

Torture is a sadistic act designed to break its victims and instill terror in their communities. And long after the abuse has ended, its horrors haunt survivors long ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Israeli Russian doctoral researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov survived 2½ years of brutal captivity and torture by an ...

People think it’s easy to come up with torture ideas. I wish! You can spend hours walking along a tranquil beach, or sitting in a meadow full of butterflies, and not come up with a single torture idea ...

Until the architects of the Bush torture program — conducted at locations like Guantánamo Bay — are held to account, a genuine reckoning with the history of American torture remains unlikely. (Andrew ...

Human Rights Watch has reported on a wide range of abuses against patients and individuals under medical supervision - in medical facilities, juvenile detention centers, orphanages, drug treatment ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

On this 70th anniversary of its independence from British rule, India is being subjected to the sort of assessment that all post-colonial nation-states are forced to undergo on such occasions. How ...

From the art house to mainstream films, torture is a cropping up as a trendy cinematic theme. How did torture become hip? And why are directors putting viewers on the side of the torturers? Film ...