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The term torture trade refers to the manufacture, marketing, and export of tools commonly used for torture, like restraints and high-voltage electro-shock weapons. In 2001, Amnesty International released a report on "Stopping the Torture Trade".

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Torture trade

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The term torture trade refers to the manufacture, marketing, and export of tools commonly used for torture, like restraints and high-voltage electro-shock...

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Legcuffs

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2003). "Civilising the torture trade". The Guardian. "COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1236/2005". June 27, 2005. concerning trade in certain goods which could...

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Mark Thomas

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on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade, a book chronicling his experiences undercover, his political activism...

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Abacination

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the free dictionary. Abacination is a form of corporal punishment or torture, in which the victim is blinded by infliction of intentional damage to...

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Torture chamber

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A torture chamber is a room where torture is inflicted. The medieval torture chamber was windowless and often built underground, dimly lit and specifically...

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Arms industry

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Permanent war economy Private military company Productive capacity Torture trade Tian, Nan; Lopes Da Silva, Diego; Liang, Xiao; Scarazzato, Lorenzo;...

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Use of torture since 1948

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describes the use of torture since the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which prohibited it. Torture is prohibited by international...

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Pharmacological torture

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Pharmacological torture is the use of psychotropic or other drugs to punish or extract information from a person. The aim is to force compliance by causing...

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Torture in the United States

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There are cases, both documented and alleged, that involve the usage of torture by members of the United States government, military, law enforcement agencies...

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Foot whipping

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was a commonly reported torture method used by the security officers of Bahrain on its citizens between 1974 and 2001. See Torture in Bahrain. Falanga is...

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Clare Short

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on the famous Nelson Mendela; Underground adventures in the arms & torture trade, Ebury Press, 2006. "UK Parliament". from the UK Parliament. "UK Parliament[permanent...

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Torture Ship

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punch and drama to satisfy the nabe trade." "Torture Ship". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 9, 2020. "Torture Ship (A)". British Board of Film Classification...

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Atlantic slave trade

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The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas....

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CBT

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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. CBT most commonly refers to: Cock and ball torture, a sexual activity Cognitive behavioral therapy, a psychotherapeutic approach...

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September 11 attacks

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North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan at 8:46 a.m. Seventeen minutes later, at 9:03, the World Trade Center's South Tower was...

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Nanban trade

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Nanban trade (南蛮貿易, Nanban bōeki, "Southern barbarian trade") or the Nanban trade period (南蛮貿易時代, Nanban bōeki jidai, "Southern barbarian trade period")...

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List of uses of CS gas by country

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original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2007. "Stopping the Torture Trade: 3 – Chemical Control" (PDF). Amnesty International. Archived from the...

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Torture of slaves in the United States

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Torture of slaves in the United States was fairly common, as part of what many slavers claimed was necessary discipline. Slaves in the United States were...

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Thumbcuffs

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Council of 16 January 2019 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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Guantanamo Bay detention camp. In March 2007, after being subjected to torture during interrogations, Mohammed confessed to masterminding the 11 September...

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Algerian War

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crimes committed during the war included massacres of civilians, rape, and torture; the French destroyed over 8,000 villages and relocated over 2 million...

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Okhrana

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century, the practice of torture was never truly abolished. Possibly, the formation of the Okhrana led to increasing use of torture, due to the Okhrana using...

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History of slavery

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of slave trade: Atlantic slave trade Barbary slave trade Blackbirding Coastwise slave trade Indian Ocean slave trade Trans-Saharan slave trade Slavery...

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Zero Dark Thirty

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commonly classified as torture. The use of these techniques was long kept secret by the Bush administration. (See Torture Memos, The Torture Report.) Glenn Greenwald...

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Interrogation

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array of techniques, ranging from developing a rapport with the subject to torture. Deception can form an important part of effective interrogation. In the...

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