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==Common Methods of Torture Around the World==
 
==Common Methods of Torture Around the World==
 
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*''' Blunt trauma''', such as a punch, kick, slap, whipping, a beating with wires or truncheons or falling down;
 
*''' Blunt trauma''', such as a punch, kick, slap, whipping, a beating with wires or truncheons or falling down;
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*'''Pharmacological torture''' using toxic doses of sedatives, neuroleptics, paralytics, etc.;
 
*'''Pharmacological torture''' using toxic doses of sedatives, neuroleptics, paralytics, etc.;
 
*'''Conditions of detention''', such as a small or overcrowded cell, solitary confinement, unhygienic conditions, no access to toilet facilities, irregular or contaminated food and water, exposure to extremes of temperature, denial of privacy and forced nakedness;
 
*'''Conditions of detention''', such as a small or overcrowded cell, solitary confinement, unhygienic conditions, no access to toilet facilities, irregular or contaminated food and water, exposure to extremes of temperature, denial of privacy and forced nakedness;
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*'''Deprivation of normal sensory stimulation''', such as sound, light, sense of time, isolation, manipulation of brightness of the cell, abuse of physiological needs, restriction of sleep, food, water, toilet facilities, bathing, motor activities, medical care, social contacts, isolation within prison, loss of contact with the outside world (victims are often kept in isolation in order to prevent bonding
 
*'''Deprivation of normal sensory stimulation''', such as sound, light, sense of time, isolation, manipulation of brightness of the cell, abuse of physiological needs, restriction of sleep, food, water, toilet facilities, bathing, motor activities, medical care, social contacts, isolation within prison, loss of contact with the outside world (victims are often kept in isolation in order to prevent bonding
 
and mutual identification and to encourage traumatic bonding with the torturer);
 
and mutual identification and to encourage traumatic bonding with the torturer);
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*'''Behavioural coercion''', such as forced engagementin practices against the religion of the victim (e.g. forcingMuslims to eat pork), forced harm to others through torture or other abuses, forced destruction of property, forced betrayal of someone placing them at risk of harm;
 
*'''Behavioural coercion''', such as forced engagementin practices against the religion of the victim (e.g. forcingMuslims to eat pork), forced harm to others through torture or other abuses, forced destruction of property, forced betrayal of someone placing them at risk of harm;
 
*'''Forcing the victim to witness torture"' or atrocities being inflicted on others <ref> Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment </ref>.
 
*'''Forcing the victim to witness torture"' or atrocities being inflicted on others <ref> Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment </ref>.
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== Codes ==
 
== Codes ==

Revision as of 09:39, 23 June 2010