20 Exemplary Cases - photographs and text describing twenty cases of torture in Brazil between 1964 and 1980.
A Heretic's Final Journey - description of the methods used on those accused of heresy.
Angelo Clareno on Torture - from the Medieval Sourcebook.
Bind Torture Kill - Uncaught serial killer whose trademark was to bind, torture and then kill his victims.
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture - Non-profit, registered charitable organization which aids survivors to overcome the lasting effects of torture and war.
Confessions at Any Cost, Police Torture in Russia - Human Rights Watch report, based on almost two years of research that began in July 1997.
Crimes of Augusto Pinochet - case studies of human rights violations committed by the former Chilean dictator.
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days - full text and illustrations from the 1896 book, "Curious Punishments of Bygone Days" by social historian Alice Morse Earle. Covers early American punishments of criminals.
From my Iranian Prison - Mohammad Khoshzough interviewed by Michel Hurtmans about his experiences in an Iranian jail.
Historical Methods of Torture and Execution - from The ElectricChair.com.
Human Rights Watch/Americas - Press release December 11, 1997. Rights group denounces routine torture in Peru and criticizes Fujimori's attacks on courts and press.
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) - An independent, international health professional organization, founded upon the medical response to torture. Promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide.
Israel: HRW Memorandum to UN Against Torture (May 1998) - Israel's second Periodic Report to the Committee against Torture regarding the magnitude of Israeli and Palestinian human rights violations
Law Enforcement in the Past - devoted to the ways and means by which the laws where enforced in the past.
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture - Organisation that provides care and rehabilitation for individuals and their families who have been subjected to torture and other forms of organised violence.
Medical Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (MRCT) - As part of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, the MRCT raises awareness of torture and political persecution in the world, and coordinates torture rehabilitation centers for political asylum seekers arriving in Greece. Site in English and Greek.
Methods of Torture - illustrations of Medieval torture devices and methods by Acacia DePlague, with an original score by Sev Olinger. Requires Shockwave.
Picture Gallery of Undue Hardship - concerning the treatment of civilians and military captives by the Japanese Military during World War II.
Punishment, Torture, and Ordeal - relating to witch trials.
Pure Torture - account of the suffering and perseverance of an American prisoner of war.
Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma Inc. - To improve the quality of life for refugee and migrant survivors of torture and trauma in Queensland.
Stocks and Pillories
Take a Moment to Picture This... - Learn about the twenty children who were subjected to psychological torture, poisonous gas, and then killed in Waco, Texas.
The Survivor Fund, Climb for Courage - A climb to raise funds and attention to benefit survivors of torture. Funds will be donated to the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture.
Torture and Death Penalty Instruments - from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Era.
Torture and Punishment of Witches - from Catala's Burning Times.
Torture in Turkey - Human Rights in Turkey: Methodes of Torture
Torture Museum - offering causes and specific cases of sexual, criminal, and governmental torture.
Tortures and Torments of the X-tian martyrs - These images are originally from ca. 1930 limited Fortune Press book entitled `Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs.'
Turkey - Actions from SOS-Torture - Articles and news links about torture and human rights violations in Turkey. Special Turkey page sponsored by the World Organization Against Torture (SOS - Torture)
Turkey: Torture and Mistreatment In Pre-trial Detention By Anti-terror Police - A Human Rights Watch Publication
Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People - the dynamics of torture - John Conroy's investigation of 3 incidents of torture in Northern Ireland and why ordinary people become torturers.
Vanished Gallery - voices of the desaparecidos -- thousands of people who disappeared under the military dictatorship (1976-1983) including information about military Junta members and the Falklands War.
Web Directory: Torture History and Political Torture - links mostly covering old torture equipment, the Inquisition, and witch hunting.
World Organisation Against Torture - International coalition of NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Site features press releases, urgent appeals and the International Observatory of the Protection of Human Right Defenders.
York Dungeon - brings more than 2,000 years of gruesomely authentic history vividly back to life and death.