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While torture has been common throughout the world during the 20th century, the practice of torture has varied by region. In Europe, torture increased greatly in the 20th century with the rise of communism and fascism.

These reports described widespread or persistent patterns of abuse in more than 70 countries and torture-related deaths in more than 80.

• Russia.
• Saudi Arabia.
• Soviet Union.
• Spain.
• Syria.
• Turkey.
• United Arab Emirates.
• United Kingdom.

• Ethiopia. For years, there has been authoritarian rule in Ethiopia where torture has been a staple of the government.
• Iraq. The use of torture has been extensive since the US invasion and subsequent occupation in 2003.
• Turkey.

Torture is illegal and punishable within U.S. territorial bounds. Prosecution of abuse occurring on foreign soil, outside of usual U.S. territorial jurisdiction, is difficult.

Those who’ve been through it call it a “living death.” The United Nations calls it torture. The practice is widespread in the United States. And until recently, it was applied even to juveniles in the federal prison. State prison systems across the country use solitary confinement as a way to destroy people.

Answer and Explanation: Saw torture is not in use today. Saw torture, according to scholars and surviving illustrations, involved hanging the accused upside down and sawing them in half starting at the groin. This method was used during the Middle Ages and was one of the tools of the Spanish Inquisition.

The use of torture physically destroys people. Torture methods, such as sham executions, rape, sexual assaults, humiliation and sleep deprivation often leave physical consequences on affected persons such as chronic pain in certain parts of body and inability to lead a healthy and prolonged lifestyle.

Torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment violate human dignity and are absolutely prohibited at all times and under all circumstances. Torture is the intentional infliction of severe mental or physical pain or suffering, by or with the approval of state agents.

The answer in international law is categorical: no. As laid down in treaties such as the Geneva Conventions, the UN Convention against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the ban on torture or any cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is absolute, even in times of war.

For instance, it is generally held that torture is defined in part as the deliberate infliction of extreme suffering and that – by virtue of this defining feature – torture is morally wrong. Note that even actions or practices that are inherently morally wrong might be morally justified in extreme circumstances.

On a battlefield, there is a fundamental rule, both morally and legally, that one cannot harm those who are defenceless. However, torture necessitates the defencelessness of its victim and as such, it cannot be considered under the same moral and normative guidelines.

The United Nations has condemned tor- ture from the outset as one of the vilest acts perpetrated by human beings on their fellow creatures. Torture is a crime under international law. According to all relevant instruments, it is absolutely prohibited and cannot be justified under any circumstances.

Torture is a crime under both international and domestic law. There are no exceptions and it is never allowed in a time of war or in the name of national security. The UN Convention Against Torture and U.S. law, ban torture explicitly and without exception. Torture is immoral.

FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation, the United States Army field manual, explains that torture “is a poor technique that yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts, and can induce the source to say what he thinks the interrogator wants to hear.” Torture is ineffective at gathering reliable …

Torture is not criminalised in law as a separate or special offense. Provisions in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (sections 330 & 348) penalises acts that can also be considered as torture, with seven and three years of imprisonment respectively if proven guilty.

New Delhi: Every day, an average of five people die in custody in India, with some of them succumbing to torture in police or judicial custody. The report said in 2019, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recorded 1,723 cases of death in custody.

The convention defined torture as: “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 information or a confession, punishing him for an act he has or a third person has committed or is suspected of …

The Bill was not only vague but also very harsh for the police to discharge its responsibilities without fear of prosecution and persecution. It was inconsistent with the existing provisions of law. It included ‘severe or prolonged pain or suffering’ as a form of torture but that was left undefined.

Torture in India is used in a range of cases, from terrorism and murder to theft, even though confessions and evidence acquired under torture are inadmissible in court and policy prevents police from legally recording confessions (a remnant of colonial practice that has often been a sore point for the Indian police).

(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under color of law. specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (oth- er than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person.

1 : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure. 2a : something that causes agony or pain. b : anguish of body or mind : agony. 3 : distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument : straining. torture.

Psychological torture or mental torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects, and only secondarily on any physical harm inflicted. Although not all psychological torture involves the use of physical violence, there is a continuum between psychological torture and physical torture.

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