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The head of one of Canada’s largest police forces met with a Sri Lankan inspector general of police who two weeks earlier had been found by the South Asian country’s highest court to have “participated in the torture” of an arrested man. Photos published by Sri Lankan media, including the …
Read More »Military probe of reported torture videos still silent after more than a year
More than 14 months after launching an investigation, Canada’s military police have yet to report on what — if anything — Canadian commanders did after being confronted by videos showing alleged atrocities involving Iraqi police being trained as part of a multinational program. The slow pace of the investigation troubles the …
Read More »Father, stepmother who Crown says carried out ‘torture campaign’ on children await sentencing
WARNING: This story contains graphic content. The children call them their “war scars.” They are reminders imprinted on their bodies — the scabbed-over remnants of years of prolonged abuse at the hands of their father and stepmother. Now, brothers Diego and Liam, who were just 10 and 13 years old respectively …
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