* 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 or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed.
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Asphyxial torture
This is usually done by suffocating the individual.
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Beating
Using rods, sticks, chains, cables, or other objects ____ is done on various parts of the body from head to toe, including genitals.
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Cold torture
Pouring the thin streams of ice cold water on the nude body or sensitive parts of the body, making the person stand on or walk barefooted or lie down on the ice block, or locking naked in an extremely cold air-conditioned room are some of the techniques adopted here.
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Ear torture
This comprises hitting the ears with open palms continuously, which will create a rupture of the eardrum/tympanic membrane, causing severe pain and bleeding from the ear resulting in deafness.
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Electrical torture
Applying electrical shock by electrodes oversensitive parts such as nipples, genitals, oral cavity, anal canal, armpits, etc.
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Heat torture
Burning using cigarette butts, cigars, hot iron rods, or flames over the sensitive and concealed parts of the body.
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Irritant torture
Here an irritant like chilly paste/ powder, is applied to the eyes or other delicate parts of the body, especially genitalia.
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Mutilation
This is an extreme degree of torture where multiple injuries are inflicted resulting in the mutilation of the parts of the body or total difficulty in establishing the identity of the person.
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Roller torture
Comprises applying a roller over the parts of the body.
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Suspension Torture
Here a person is suspended either by hands/ feet for several minutes to hours.
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Deprivation technique
This includes social deprivation, sensory deprivation, perceptual deprivation, sleep deprivation, nutritional deprivation, hygienic deprivation, and health service deprivation.
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Coercion technique
Impossible choice/incongruent action, humiliation, threats, blind obedience to rules, and sexual torture are some of the types under this category.
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Communication technique
Counter-effect technique, double blinding technique, disinformation, and distortion of perception and conditioning of new reflexes.
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Sexual torture
It includes rape, penetration of the vagina/ anus by long neck bottles, wooden or metal rods, dildos/ artificial phallus, or such other objects, which can result in injuries or mutilation of the genitalia, causing impotence consequently.
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Mutilation of the female genitalia
Thousands of young girls are subjected to this torture and in Egypt alone.
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Gender bias torture
* This is the ultimate form of control, especially in a position of authority. * The fear of loss of job, hostility at work, and social stigma still prevent women from complaining about sexual harassment.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
This disorder is more common in rapes, especially by strangers, of physical force being used, weapons being displayed, and injuries being sustained by the victim.
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Torture
It creates a severe form of psychosomatic distress because of the person’s lack of control over the basic bodily function.
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