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An Entire Police Station Has Been Arrested for Dealing Drugs and Torturing Suspects

07.23.20

By Leonardo Bianchi
Pulse

Yemenis Are Being Disappeared, Tortured, Then Killed in Unofficial Prisons

06.30.20

By Tim Hume
Music

When You Get to Hell, This Song Plays on Repeat for All Eternity

06.18.20

By Drew Schwartz
Pulse

Doctors Have a Name for Separating Kids from Their Parents at the Border: It’s Torture.

02.25.20

By Emma Ockerman
Pulse

“They Said That We Were Pussies:” The Psychologist Who Tortured Accused 9/11 Plotters Says the CIA Wouldn’t Let Him Stop

01.23.20

By Jesse Hicks
Pulse

The Masterminds of the CIA’s Torture Program Are About to Reveal How They Interrogated Accused 9/11 Plotters

01.21.20

By Jesse Hicks
Pulse

Israel Is Accused of Torturing a Prisoner Until His Ribs Were Broken. Now Palestinians Are Demanding Answers.

10.08.19

By Alex Kane
Pulse

The Brutality of Hong Kong Police Is Putting Pro-Democracy Protesters in the Hospital

09.20.19

By Tim Hume
Pulse

Here’s Why People in Hong Kong Are Terrified of Being Extradited to China

09.05.19

By Adriane Quinlan
Entertainment

How ‘Torture Porn’ Captured the Violent Atmosphere of a Post-9/11 World

09.18.18

By Charles Graham-Dixon
Entertainment

Dick Cheney’s Autographed Waterboard Kit Was for Sale on eBay

07.23.18

By Drew Schwartz
Horror Writer Blake Leibel Sentenced to Life For Torturing and Killing His Girlfriend

06.26.18

By Manisha Krishnan

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Of course Freud is involved.

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