torture

Torture is a willful infliction of pain as a means of procuring information from a prisoner of war. It is specifically used as method of interrogation wherein the prisoner is forced to succumb to physical and or psychological anguish.

There are various methods of torture, including sleep and sensory deprivation, sensory overload, physical and psychological pain, humiliation, imposed starvation and asphyxiation.

The act of torture is strictly forbidden by the United Nations Convention against Torture and other international regulatory bodies. The effectiveness of torturing prisoners is also a dubious prospect as throughout history, prisoners have confessed to a variety of allegations as a means to suspend their pain.

Many have protested the use of torture as an interrogation tactic, and argued for the violation of ethics and morality in the deliberate attempt to cause suffering as a means of gain information.

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• Man held in solitary two years without trial cannot remember ordeal

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
  Mission accomplished? rawstory.com/David Edwards/30 Jan 2012 A New Mexico man, who expects to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for the rest of his life, was awarded $22 million last week after he was tossed in solitary confinement for two years and never given a trial, but he remembers very ...
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• The Gibson inquiry shows our commitment to ending torture | Jeremy Browne

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Our vision is for journalists, lawyers and activists to be treated fairly and to be able to speak freely in every country The government has a clear position on torture. We do not do it, we do not approve of it and we do not believe it has a place in the modern world. We find the practice abhorrent: it violates human ...
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• Libyan dissidents sue MI6 officer over abduction and torture claims – The Guardian

  
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  “Two prominent Libyan dissidents are suing a former senior MI6 officer in a move which could expose the role of ministers in the men’s abduction to Tripoli, where they say they were tortured by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s secret police.” Full story The Guardian, 31st January 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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• Ex-Diplomat: US Knew About Argentina Baby Thefts

  
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  Associated Press/Debora Rey/28 Jan 12 A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina’s military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its “dirty war” against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time. Elliot Abrams ...
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• VIDEO: New Libya torture claims emerge

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.bbc.co.uk VIDEO: New Libya torture claims emerge The BBC has seen further evidence that former supporters of Colonel Gaddafi have been tortured in Libyan jails. published date:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:16 GMT
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• Apple attacking problems at its factories in China

  
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• Apple attacking problems at its factories in China

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 163
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• Apple ‘attacking problems’ at its factories in China

  
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• Apple attacking problems at its factories in China

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Apple has launched an investigation into practices including child labour at its factories in China. Related Stories Apple attacking problems at its factories in China Deadly chemical discharged into Chinese rivers
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• Apple attacking problems at its factories in China

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Apple has launched an investigation into practices including child labour at its factories in China.
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• “Please God Take me Home” – The Interrogation of Islam Dar Ayyoub Tamimi ~ by @LinahAlsaafin

  
  Occupied Palestine — Authority: 556
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• Israel stands accused of child torture

  
  A World to Win — Authority: 107
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• Attacks on Chinese people in Africa

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  Can anyone help find this article Im thinking of? The article is set in Africa. (Im almost positive its South Africa, but I could be wrong) Two Asian couples, possibly Chinese, have their apartment broken into and endure hours of torture. At some point in the article they strip naked and one of them jumps out the ...
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• PETA Alleges GIs Took Part in Sheep Beating

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
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• U.N. asked to probe U.S. efforts to squelch Spain torture probe

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
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• 1536: The Münster Rebellion leaders

  
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