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  • Torture — Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person,… …   Wikipedia

  • Torture and the United States — Torture in the United States include documented and alleged cases inside the United States and outside the border by government personnel. Note that such incidents are not necessarily the policy of or done with the approval of the United States… …   Wikipedia

  • Torture murder — is a loosely defined term to describe the process used by murderers who kill their victims by slowly torturing them. Fact|date=February 2007 Legal positionOne of the criteria for a judgment of Murder in the first degree in the laws of the state… …   Wikipedia

  • torture — torturable, adj. torturedly, adv. torturer, n. torturesome, adj. torturingly, adv. /tawr cheuhr/, n., v., tortured, torturing. n. 1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or… …   Universalium

  • Uses of torture in recent times — Torture, the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain upon an individual to extract information, a confession or as a punishment, is prohibited by international law and illegal in most countries. However, it is still used by many… …   Wikipedia

  • Torture during the Algerian War — The French Armed Forces made a systematic and indiscriminate use of torture during the Algerian War of Independence (1954 62), creating a public controversy which is far from having been stifled today. Although the Algerian National Liberation… …   Wikipedia

  • torture — /ˈtɔtʃə / (say tawchuh) noun 1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, especially from sheer cruelty or in hatred, revenge, or the like. 2. a method of inflicting such pain. 3. (often plural) the pain or suffering caused or undergone. 4.… …  

  • Water cure (torture) — This is an article about a form of torture. For other uses, see Water cure. The Water Torture Facsimile of a woodcut in J. Damhoudère s Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Antwerp, 1556. Water cure as a term for a form of torture refers to a method in… …   Wikipedia

  • Chinese water torture — at Sing Sing Prison circa 1860 …   Wikipedia

  • Tickle torture — is the use of tickling to abuse, dominate, humiliate or even prank someone. The victim laughs even if he or she finds the experience unpleasant because the laughter is an innate reflex rather than social conditioning.[1] The term is often used to …   Wikipedia

  • Parrilla (torture device) — The parrilla is a method of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock. The name parrilla The Spanish word parrilla (/pa riʎa/ or /pa riʝa/) means a cooking grill or barbecue of the type commonly found… …   Wikipedia

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