A slew of recent allegations concerning high-profile detainees and claims disseminated on social media have amplified anxiety about treatment of prisoners in the Islamic Republic

Attorney for the suspect, an ex-IDF officer who was once honored by the president for his service, says he saw no indication the prisoner would take his own life

Autocratic regimes still in power, cracking down on dissent in Egypt and Syria, where thousands have died in custody and more harbor scant hopes of freedom

66-year-old financier killed himself while awaiting trial at Manhattan correctional facility on charges of trafficking and sexually abusing girls