Palestinian accuses suspects of attempted sodomy in attack days after Hamas onslaught; Israeli activists say they were also victimized; IDF boots commanding officer, launches probe

Efraim Zinger's prison diary and his would-be wife's journal serve as the basis for a new book about a family's triumph over their Yom Kippur War trauma

Military judge says Ramzi bin al-Shibh, diagnosed with mental illnesses, is unable to defend himself; trial of alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, three others to go ahead

Investigation finds imprisonment, torture, and execution of officials, journalists, activists and religious leaders part of premeditated strategy that could constitute a war crime

As violence escalates in Ukraine, reports of abuses perpetrated by Russia become widespread, especially in the recently liberated Kherson region

Russians were more systematic, with 'vast majority' of those who were held captive telling monitors of abuse including beatings, humiliations, electric shocks and mock executions

One human rights campaigner has not seen her 16-year-old twins for seven years

UN Watch report to United Nations committee on torture claims cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment in Palestinian custody in West Bank and Gaza Strip is 'widespread'

Human Rights Watch says abuse of critics by Palestinian Authority and Hamas could amount to crimes against humanity; report also notes alleged torture of Palestinians by Israel

This is third time Moscow has applied label to Committee Against Torture, and has recently stepped up using measure to target opponents, journalists and human rights activists