Torture Report
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How the Nazis used music to celebrate and facilitate murder
Stories of integration of song into the acts of torture and killing can be found in the memoirs of Holocaust survivors.
Edward B Westermann, The Conversation
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Why even CCTV cameras in police stations won’t guarantee justice for victims of custodial violence
In the absence of clear legal mechanisms ensuring access and transparency, it will be impossible to hold the police accountable.
Radhika Chitkara & Vikas Kumar
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Stan Swamy: As Advasis and lawyers are arrested on Maoist charges, torture works in insidious ways
Human rights activist Stan Swamy’s home in Ranchi was raided by the police on June 12 in connection with caste-related violence near Pune in 2018.
Stan Swamy
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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A mistaken al-Qaeda suspect gives a chilling account of American torture
Abu Zubaydah’s statement provides a first-person account of how US officials tortured a man they wrongly believed was a top terror operative.
Raymond Bonner, ProPublica
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The terrifying philosophy behind Guantanamo torture
The ill-treatment revealed in the Guantanamo Diaries is shocking in the extreme. But we must never forget the thinking that underpinned it.
Peter Finn, The Conversation
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Rectal feeding is rape – but don’t expect the CIA to admit it
The CIA is having a hard time admitting to any crimes, let alone male-on-male sex acts.
Sharif Mowlabocus, The Conversation
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes