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It is not ‘enhanced interrogation’. It is torture
Most people don’t know what “rendition” means – but they do understand the word kidnapping. The same applies for “enhanced interrogation”. Such words convey a false reality.
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Thousands in China are turning their back on communism in favour of obscure Christian sects, one of which worships a female Jesus – and is known to use violence to impose itself, writes Danny Vincent.
Most people don’t know what “rendition” means – but they do understand the word kidnapping. The same applies for “enhanced interrogation”. Such words convey a false reality.
The hostage taking in Sydney by a man bearing an Islamist flag is just the latest terror attack to threaten Australia. Propaganda by Islamic State is one of the factors being blamed by experts.
Colin Ash-Smith, 46, who attended Claire Tiltman’s funeral and served time for two similar offences, has been found guilty of the 16-year-old’s murder, 21 years after her death.
With protests erupting over the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, the country’s attorney general confirms that bone fragments found belonged to a 19-year-old trainee teacher.
The family of Anni Dewani, whose husband has been cleared of her murder during the couple’s South Africa honeymoon, say they are “deeply disappointed” that the justice system has failed them.
One in every 50 migrants who try to reach Europe across the Mediterranean Sea will die on the journey. What is so terrible in their home countries to force people into such a desperate voyage?
Two brothers who were arrested in Calais trying to get back into Britain have been jailed after admitting to conspiring to attend a terror training camp in Syria.
Laws are already in place criminalising any terrorist financing. But what does the Home Office mean when it says it wants to prevent firms ‘inadvertently’ providing cover to meet ransom demands?
Twitter and Facebook is playing a key role in contributing to the volatile atmosphere in Israel following today’s killings, with everything from cartoons to Kit-Kats being used in the propaganda war.
Dozens of Nigerian boys are killed and 79 injured by a suicide bomber dressed as a student at a school assembly.
Terrorist kidnapping and extortion is now a multi-million pound industry, according to a UN report – and the average value of a foreign hostage is £1.7m.
The families of two British hostages murdered by Islamic State militants have come together in a show of unity at a memorial service for one of the men.
A group of around 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram could be freed early next week after the Nigerian government agreed a truce with the Islamist group.
Six months after 200 girls were kidnapped in Nigeria, Australian hostage negotiator Stephen Davis tells Channel 4 News he is “stunned” that Boko Haram forces have not been targeted by military forces.