Sentence examples for torture and brutal from inspiring English sources

Her husband is murdered on the orders of the president, and, in revenge, her sons join one of the rebel bands to participate in Doe's torture and brutal slaughter.

Thousands of other minors have been detained and subjected to violence, position torture and brutal interrogation tactics in Israeli jails and detention centres over the course of the past six years.

When party members are caught breaking the rules — or even when they merely displease a superior — they can be dragged into the maw of an opaque Soviet-style disciplinary machine, known as "shuanggui," that features physical torture and brutal, sleep-deprived interrogations.

Belhaj, now a key figure in liberated Libya, is preparing to sue Britain after other documents discovered in the wake of Gaddafi's fall indicated that MI6 assisted in his rendition to torture and brutal treatment from the CIA and Gaddafi's regime.

Not only has the Assad regime repeatedly starved and indiscriminately bombed civilians, it has also detained tens of thousands and subjected prisoners to torture and brutal treatment.

As his insurgent crusade gained momentum, billionaire Donald Trump moved beyond his repeated promises to fight Islamic terror with torture and brutal bombing by also advocating the murder of women and children.

Sansom gives us a novel crammed with torture, murder and brutal bashings-in of heads, but he turns coy when it comes to sex.

I feel a deep, unspeakable sorrow for my country after reading about the torture, abuse and brutal murder of two Afghan prisoners of war by our military.

Dozens of prisoners developed persistent psychological problems after enduring torture and other brutal interrogation tactics in secret C.I.A. prisons or at the military detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, The New York Times has reported.

Although Mauritania's commitment to combating terrorism has brought relief to many of its people, for others it has become an excuse for the continued use of torture and other brutal forms of intimidation — all with the assent of the very foreign governments that claim to decry such methods.

His letter also noted that news reports have said the United States is handing over some suspects to countries like Egypt and Jordan, where torture is routine and brutal.