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  'Absolutely inhumane': Indian student brutally beaten, held captive and forced into labour in US

  World | December 01, 2023 13:34 IST

  The 20-year-old Indian student was subject to horrifying abuse, including being forced to work for the three houses owned by the main suspect. He was beaten by PVC pipes, electrical wire and water supply hose and forced to sleep on a concrete floor in a basement with no access to a bathroom.

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  Hundreds of Yazidi women held captive by militants in Iraq: Official

  World | August 09, 2014 11:40 IST

  Baghdad: The spokesman for Iraq's human rights ministry says hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by militants from the Islamic State group.Kamil Amin says the women are below the

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  Saudi princesses held captive for 13 years by king

  World | March 12, 2014 6:44 IST

  New Delhi: Princesses Sahar and Jawaher claim they were in the royal palace against their will for the past 13 years.  On March 8, Mail Online reported that the two princesses and their sisters were