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Waterboarding Torture Technique Of Torturing

News & Current Event >> Waterboarding Torture Technique Of Torturing

Waterboarding torture is a technique of torturing that helps in simulating drowning in a controlled environment. An individual lies on his or her back without moving keeping the head inclined downward and pouring water over the face to force the inhalation of water into the lungs.This technique of torturing has been used to obtain information, make forced confessions, punish, and intimidate. Instead of only a mere submerging the head, waterboarding elicits the gag reflex thus making the subject believe death is on focus.

Posted on September 06, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Waterboard Tortures Harsh Torture Technique

News & Current Event >> Waterboard Tortures Harsh Torture Technique

Waterboarding is a technique of tortures for the prisoners, which has been applied to collect the true information from the accused. This method creates serious mental pressure, for which accused persons often speak up the truth. Actually, this is the process to kill a person in a controlled environment. But for the police it is just a torture process, which is not used for killing but to collect information. This procedure does not make any physical damage but it creates a long lasting psychological effects.

Posted on September 13, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
(273 Reads) tag News & Current Event Tags: harsh, long, method, prisoners, process, technique, torture, tortures, waterboard, waterboarding

Pear Of Anguish Torture Device

Equipment & Supplies >> Pear Of Anguish Torture Device

Poire d'angoisser or the Pear of Anguish is a torture device that has its origin in medieval Spain. This instrument is Venetian, late 1500's, and consists of bronze segments and key, iron screw. The face of Satan was etched on the screw. It used to be of different sizes depending upon whether it was forcibly inserted in the victims (or offenders) mouth, rectum or vagina. In any case it was a hideously cruel device. The inside of the cavity in question is irremediably mutilated. The pointed prongs at the end of the segments serve better to rip into the throat, the intestines or the cervix.

Posted on August 08, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Waterboarding Torture Technique

News & Current Event >> Waterboarding Torture Technique

Waterboarding, a technique of torture, is actually drowning a person in controlled condition. The process starts with the victim being tied down to be immobilised and his or her face is inclined downwards. Then water is poured onto the face to force water to get inhaled and ultimately get into the lungs. It has been used to extract information, coerce confessions and intimidate. It has also been used as punishment device.

Posted on September 06, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Animal Cruelty Physical And Mental Torture Welfare Measures Freedom

Pets & Animals >> Animal Cruelty Physical And Mental Torture Welfare Measures Freedom

Animals are living, thinking and feeling beings and cruelty to them can be meted out by only those people who do not have a heart. Animal cruelty is on a steep rise and before the doomsday arrives something has to be done about it. First of all, all animal lovers should make some concrete efforts towards introducing and conserving animal welfare. The basic idea of animal welfare is that animals should not suffer any physical or mental torture, more so if they under the supervision of human beings.

Posted on May 11, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Bamboo Torture Nepali Police Accused Of Abusing Children Human Rights Watch

Legal >> Bamboo Torture Nepali Police Accused Of Abusing Children Human Rights Watch

The global pressure organization by the name of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has indicted the Nepali police force of persecuting Nepali children. It has been said that due to insurgency operations in Nepal, a lot of Nepali children has been displaced from their original homes and have taken shelter in different refugee camps and children’s homes. These are the children who are allegedly tortured.

Posted on November 20, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Clitoridectomy Female Torture

Health >> Clitoridectomy Female Torture

Clitoridectomy involves the removal or splitting of the clitoral hood, termed hoodectomy (or clitorodotomy), with or without excision of the clitoris. The clitoral hood is the female prepuce, homologous to the foreskin of the male. This term was devised in Sudan by the Anglo-Sudanese administration in 1946 in an attempt to promote this milder form, instead of the more severe infibulations or pharaonic circumcision that was widely practiced. Removal of the clitoral hood may be performed in order to increase sexual response.

Posted on July 21, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Comanche Moon Western Novel Of The Lonesome Dove Series

Writing >> Comanche Moon Western Novel Of The Lonesome Dove Series

Larry McMurtrys esteemed and well placed novels of the Lonesome Dove series is considered to be his best piece of work yet. Comanche Moon is the last edition to this series. This western novel is a followed by McMurtrys Dead Mans Walk where Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae are still in their middle years and serving as respected Texas Rangers.

Posted on December 23, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
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