According to a report by Human Rights Watch in May 2022, Russian forces in the Central African Republic “appeared to have executed, tortured and beaten civilians since 2019”.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/sa-russia-talks-criticised-january-2023/

A mum whose former crime kingpin husband was savagely tortured to death after a row over him cheating on her has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/22/dead-drugs-lords-ex-found-guilty-of-manslaughter-following-seance-18325137/

Anchored by a mesmerizing performance by Paolo Santalucia as the tortured young writer Konstantin, the 11-person ensemble gives unpredictable, original, deeply felt performances.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/review/2023/04/16/the-best-kind-of-staging-mesmerizing-production-of-anton-chekhovs-play-the-seagull-at-torontos-soulpepper-theatre.html

Asked whether the U.S. feared that King could be mistreated or tortured by the North, Kirby responded that North Korea is a “brutal regime” but that the U.S. is still not in position to confirm how he is being treated.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/07/north-korea-not-responding-to-us-attempts-to-discuss-american-soldier-who-ran-across-border/

“As soon as border guards and military units found these refugees, they put them on trucks and took them back to Belarus, where they were beaten and tortured, and raped.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/global/agnieszka-holland-green-border-backlash-1235771071/

Based on her previous experience, she knew that it was likely that they had both been tortured as they were suicidal and the younger soldier had tried to kill himself.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12206713/Putins-troops-CASTRATING-Ukrainian-prisoners-war-knives-two-survivors-reveal-experience.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But it also presented Johnson as a tortured character who was overwhelmed by a near-impossible personal and social situation.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-culture/partygate-a-tv-show-to-make-you-sick-at-the-tories/

Despite her best attempts to convince him to let her go, she is tortured by him.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/robin-stephanie-brown-batgirls-death-dc/

During her tough time, she met one of her ex-boyfriends, whom she took to as a good man, and found out he was abusive and tortured her.

Source: https://dodbuzz.com/taylor-white-face-tattoo/

During his dictatorship, some 40,175 people were executed, detained and disappeared, or tortured as political prisoners, according to Chile's Ministry of Justice.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/08/31/chile-launches-truth-and-justice-program-to-determine-forced-disappearances-under-dictator-pinochet?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

Even when the Seraphites tortured her and broke her arm to make her give up Lev, she never submitted.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-last-of-us-season-2-plot-rumors-possible-characters-likely-cast/

Ex-prisoners from Polar Wolf warned those in the prison they would be beaten and tortured (Image: Kharp.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/jailed-vladimir-putin-critic-breaks-31749771

First and foremost, of course, are those facing unimaginable loss: entire families slaughtered, tortured, kidnapped, or put on display in front of jeering crowds.

Source: https://forward.com/opinion/563937/israel-gaza-war-grief-empathy-sitting-shiva/

Gellar said her daughter is a fan of broody, tortured Angel, while her son likes the punk-rock villain-turned-hero Spike.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sarah-michelle-gellar-says-theres-one-part-of-buffy-she-refuses-to-show-her-kids_uk_63ca5712e4b01a43638615aa

He adds, “Initially we would ponder what happened and how Mani sir tortured us.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/aishwarya-rai-bachchan-shares-its-the-end-of-the-journey-but-its-exciting-that-we-are-going-to-share-ps-2-with-people

He had been held, along with around 5,000 other political prisoners, in a sports stadium where he was interrogated, tortured and then killed.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1869234/chilean-singers-alleged-killer-extradited-50-years-later

He had boasted to her about watching videos of cats being tortured, she said, and sent her photos of two cats that appeared to be dead, the affidavit states.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/feb/21/clark-county-man-accused-of-killing-cats/

He said he took actions to save the council but was "tortured" for this: "I'm pleased to say that the council’s now in better shape because it's honest and the remnants of a dodgy past are obliterated.

Source: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/tension-council-chamber-labour-member-27741421

He threw it all away for one night of illicit pleasure with the princess and was tortured for two years in solitary confinement as punishment.

Source: https://gamerant.com/best-anime-demons/

He was then tortured and dumped in a forest in Mapinga on the outskirts of Harare.

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/08/zimbabwe-authorities-must-investigate-abduction-of-political-activist/