Mexican prison director accused of torturing inmates, killing 1, caught after year on the runNovember 6th, 2009 Mexican prison director arrested for tortureTIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners. Marco Antonio Ibarra, the chief guard at Tijuana's La Mesa State Penitentiary, was arrested in the northern city of Culiacan, where he was born and had been hiding for a year, said Martha Almaza, deputy attorney general for Baja California state.
Four arrested in Mexico for torture videoOctober 28th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Four people suspected of being involved in the beating and abuse of five teenage boys and subsequently filming it have been arrested in the western Mexican state of Nayarit, a media report said. The video, which was posted on the Internet, depicts the beatings and shows the boys kissing each other on the orders of tormentors armed with assault rifles, the report added.
Woman convicted in 2007 West Virginia torture case says attack was real, not based on raceOctober 23rd, 2009 Convicted woman says W.Va. torture case was realWEST COLUMBIA, W.Va.
China sentences 6 more to death for murder during deadly riot in Xinjiang in JulyOctober 14th, 2009 China sentences 6 more to death for Xinjiang riotBEIJING — China sentenced six people to death Thursday over murders committed during deadly riots in the western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the number of people facing the death penalty for the riots to 12. Nearly 200 people were killed when riots erupted in the regional capital of Urumqi, with Muslim Uighurs attacking members of China's dominant Han ethnic group.
China says 6 people sentenced to death for murder in riots in Xinjiang in JulyOctober 12th, 2009 China says 6 people get death in Xinjiang riotsBEIJING — China says six people have been sentenced to death for murder and other crimes committed during riots in the western Xinjiang region in July that killed nearly 200 people. The official Xinhua News Agency said a court in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi also sentenced a seventh person to life in prison.
Dad convicted of fatal child abuse, other crimes in daughter's disappearanceSeptember 30th, 2009 Dad guilty of fatal child abuse in Colo. caseCENTENNIAL, Colo.
One killed, 40 injured in Abu Ghraib prison riotsSeptember 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - One prisoner was killed and 40 others injured in riots in the western Baghdad prison formerly known as Abu Ghraib, media reports said Friday. Prisoners set fire to Baghdad Central Prison during riots that started late Thursday, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported, adding that the violence was triggered by a search for mobile phones.
AP source: Americans, French citizens among passengers on Mexican hijacked planeSeptember 9th, 2009 AP source: Americans on hijacked planeWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says American, French, and Mexican citizens were among the passengers aboard a hijacked plane in Mexico.
Nineteen killed in Mexico prison riotAugust 15th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - At least 19 prisoners were killed and another 20 wounded during a four-hour prison riot in the northern Mexican state of Durango, officials said Saturday. The fighting started Friday after security was increased at the prison in Gomez Palacio town following the transfer of prisoners from a high-security facility, the state's director for security, Jorge Torres, said.
UN torture expert says there are credible accounts that Iran opposition tortured in prisonAugust 13th, 2009 UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in IranGENEVA — A U.N. anti-torture investigator said Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian protesters detained after the June 12 presidential elections were abused in prison.
Mexican citizen sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for assault on Border Patrol agentJuly 29th, 2009 Mexican man gets prison in agent assault caseTUCSON, Ariz. — A Mexican citizen was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in federal prison in connection with an assault on a U.S.
China president calls for ethnic unity in 1st public comments on issue since deadly riotsJuly 28th, 2009 Chinese leader stresses ethnic unity to minoritiesBEIJING — China's president called Tuesday for the strengthening of ethnic unity in the country — his first public comments on the issue more than three weeks after deadly riots in the far west killed nearly 200 people. President Hu Jintao did not directly refer to the violence in Xinjiang between minority Uighurs and majority Han Chinese.
3 arrested, suspected of helping 2 Ark. killers escape prison wearing guard uniformsJune 2nd, 2009 3 arrested in Ark. prison escape planLITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Dozens of anti-torture activists arrested at rally at White House after marching from CapitolApril 30th, 2009 Anti-torture demonstrators arrested at White HouseWASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police have arrested about 60 anti-torture activists in front of the White House.
Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief describes torture used to extract confessionsApril 29th, 2009 Khmer Rouge prison chief describes torturePHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The chief jailer of the Khmer Rouge, on trial for the killing of thousands of "state enemies" in the 1970s, said Wednesday that he trained peasant children as young as 12 to guard prisoners who were routinely electrocuted and whipped. Kaing Guek Eav told a special tribunal that torturers used "a kind of mobile phone" connected to an electric current to shock prisoners.
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