South Africa

Remote Scottish lodge reveals dark secrets: human trafficking and violence uncovered in court ruling

By Caryn Dolley

World

Israel orders new evacuation of besieged Gaza town; hostages were tortured, says new report

By Reuters

South Africa

Regan Naidoo death-in-custody case against Durban police officers heads to trial after years of delays

By Benita Enoch

Africa

Technology exposes involvement of intelligence agents in abduction and torture of Zimbabwe’s youngest MP 

By Thandekile Moyo

South Africa

‘Abhorrent and reprehensible’ conduct — court orders state to pay damages for torture of prison inmates

By Marianne Thamm

South Africa

Leeuwkop prisoners tortured by guards, subjected to unlawful segregation, court rules

By Tania Broughton for GroundUp

World

Institution for Syria’s ‘disappeared’ could serve as model for African states

By Mariam al-Hallak

Africa

New report on organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe is an indictment of us as a people

By Dzikamai Bere

Politics

Here is why I have risen above bitterness about Adriaan Vlok, the apartheid minister who tried to kill me

By Frank Chikane

Maverick Citizen

Facing Gender Based Violence (Part 1) — Social and systematic obstacles preventing women from escaping violence

By Street Talk

South Africa

The moment Stephen Biko became a symbol in international human rights law

By Steven Jensen

South Africa

Marikana: Police torture takes centre stage

By Mandy De Waal