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'Vampire' football coach in Taiwan accused of forcing students to donate blood for academic credits

July 20, 2025 4:45 pm

The student claimed that the coach forced players to undergo repeated blood draws – sometimes three times a day for as many as 14 consecutive days – threatening them with withheld academic credits, possible expulsion, and stalled graduation if they refused.

UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2025: All you need to know about the day. (Source: Freepik)

UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2025: Know the date, theme, history and significance

June 26, 2025 1:37 pm

UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2025: This day is marked globally on June 26 every year, and in 2025, it'll be falling on Thursday, observed under the theme, "Torture: a crime against humanity."

‘Mistreated and beaten up’, 11-year-old help rescued from Noida society; employer among 5 booked

November 13, 2024 8:57 am

Residents of the high rise in Noida’s Sector 137 claimed the minor girl tried to escape from her employer’s house in the past, too

Rajouri: People wait to cast votes at a polling station during sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls, at Dhangri village in Rajouri district, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (PTI Photo)

In Jammu village where Army faced torture allegations, turnout high: ‘Must participate in democracy’

May 27, 2024 9:06 am

The election also saw BJP’s absence from electoral contest in Rajouri and Poonch districts for the first time in the electoral history of J&K

Foster mother held for ‘torturing’ minor girl

February 18, 2023 9:41 am

DCP (Southwest) Manoj C. said they had already arrested the woman’s son in connection with the case.

Gurgaon couple tortured 14-year-old maid, booked: Police

February 08, 2023 10:25 am

Police said the couple work private jobs and had hired the 14-year-old from a placement agency around four-five months ago to take care of their three-year-old child.

Two Dalit youths tortured to death in Karnataka’s Tumakuru, 12 arrested

April 24, 2022 11:05 am

Dalit organisations in Tumakuru district have demanded strict action against the accused.

‘Tell us if he’s dead’: Abductions and torture rattle Uganda

April 12, 2021 12:12 pm

Three months after Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, won a sixth five-year term in office in the most fiercely contested election in years, his government appears to be intent on breaking the back of the political opposition.

A specific anti-torture law needs to be detailed, comprehensive and conform to international standards

September 27, 2019 11:21 am

Torture is an endemic characteristic of Indian policing. A commitment to eradicating it requires the police force as a whole to have zero tolerance for the practice besides a specific anti-torture law.

Fifth column: The wrong constitutional amendment

Prevention of torture: Most states silent on bill to punish public servants

December 30, 2018 5:32 pm

Recommending life in jail for public servants convicted of torture, the Law Commission has said the government should ratify a UN convention to tide over difficulties in extraditing criminals from foreign countries due to the absence of a law preventing harsh treatment by authorities.