torture
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But in a letter dated January 2025 - in reply to concerns raised by UN special rapporteurs - they said that Saudi Arabia "protects and upholds" human rights and that its laws "prohibit and punish torture".
From BBC
She has spent years behind bars, and gained global attention for speaking out against the oppression of women and torture of dissidents under Iran’s theocratic regime.
Since OpenAI kicked off the AI revolution, Hollywood has eyed the AI industry with a tortured mix of excitement, wariness and hostility.
And I thought to myself, “Who is a wonderful tortured soul” — because Kendall’s really tortured — “that I could emulate?”
From Los Angeles Times
“You don’t know if she’s in awe, if she’s dying, if she’s getting tortured, if she’s in pain, if it is pleasure. There’s so many layers to this expression.”
From Los Angeles Times
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