That he did maim and torture without provocation thousands and thousands of human beings.

He's being tortured, but he won't talk.

This required the use of torture to identify and locate the leaders, followed by their capture or assassination. Torture was illegal, but, as the Colonel explained, If you want France to stay, you must accept the consequences.

According to information received, he confessed to the crime after severe torture during pre trial detention.

The source maintains that these persons were sentenced despite the fact that they had told the judge that their confessions had been obtained under torture.

Man The soldiers with clubs this long beat us to get a confession.

The torture included beatings and electric shocks.

Arrested on the street while driving his car, he was severely tortured soon after his arrival at the security headquarters.

He was allegedly subjected to extensive beatings, as a result of which he was hospitalized on 12 October 1995.

Torture most commonly involves severe beatings, which may include slappings, kickings, punchings, but also beatings with a wooden stick or truncheon.

Moreover the only real evidence on the basis of which they were sentenced were the confessions extorted from them under torture, which renders them null and void.

80. Sherap Wangmo (female) was reportedly beaten severely by three named officials in April 1995 in Drapchi prison, where she was serving a three year sentence.

Allegations of overcrowding in prisons, acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment were frequent.

The methods of torture reported included beatings, standing for prolonged periods in the sun and being lifted parallel to the ground and then dropped onto their abdomen.

Generally speaking, most detainees often went hungry, were deprived of medical care and were said to be subjected to ill treatment and even torture.

They were allegedly beaten severely and, as a result, were unable to feed themselves without assistance following their release.

Torture and forced disappearances are also widespread. In Syria, 85,000 individuals are said to have disappeared since the beginning of the conflict.

He was beaten until he fell unconscious and made to thumbprint a confession admitting his guilt.

The Taliban representatives who met with the Special Rapporteur alleged that particularly harsh interrogation methods were applied by the forces of commander Massoud.

Another contact, Mr. Brahim Noumira, had been severely tortured in Moroccan jails, although he had not been convicted of any crime.

78. Kunchog Tenzin was reportedly arrested in February 1995 and allegedly beaten severely at Nagchu prison, as a result of which his hands became disfigured and his back was injured permanently.

Tie the knot around their necks I'd prefer a new edition Of the Spanish Inquisition Than to ever let a woman in my life

According to the source, he was accompanied the next day to Polonnaruwa S.C.U. where he was allegedly severely assaulted during three days.

Israel continued the illegal detention and imprisonment in its jails of thousands of Palestinians, many of whom had been severely harassed, physically abused and even tortured.

They also identified his brother, a soldier, telephoned him on 8 November 2000 and then tortured and maltreated him so badly that he died.

It wasn't until later, when I was imprisoned again, that I understood the real meaning of torture, and how easy your humanity can be taken from you, for the time I was engaged in war, righteous, righteous war.

Under those provisions, kidnapping, assault and torture of children constituted serious crimes and were subject to maximum punishment.

He stated that in past year he had received further information about severe beating in that police station.

I'm innocent, Your Honor. I confessed because they beat me.

She was said to have been detained on a number of occasions since May 1995, including for 27 days between May and June 1996, during which she was allegedly twice subjected to beatings, once by a prison doctor and again by a prison guard Section Head.

In police custody at Shigatse she was allegedly tortured under interrogation by means of beatings with electric batons, which caused her to lose consciousness several times.

Tortured,eyesput out , tongues slit, ears hacked off.

On 8 November 2000, his brother was tortured to death in a military camp.

257. Walid Karageh was allegedly subjected to interrogation under torture at Shikma prison from 4 April to 14 May 1996.

After two hours of severe ill treatment, he passed out.

So many of us have had a session in there.

Secret detention centres had been discovered, where many Saharans and other opponents of the regime were detained and tortured with total impunity.

9. The allegations of arrests, summary executions and torture of villagers in Um Al Ghizlan, Bani Sa apos id and Al Dawaya in September 1997 were groundless and had no factual basis.

The methods of torture and ill treatment reported included hanging upside down scalding with hot water extraction of fingernails or toenails application of electric shocks systematic beating, sometimes resulting in fractured bones or broken teeth and issuing of threats that members of the detainee s family would be killed or tortured.

What they omitted to say is that it is not fitting for a torturer like Posada Carriles to be seeking the protection of the Convention against Torture.

The article further provides that confessions extracted under torture cannot be admissible as proof of guilt and holds perpetrators of torture punishable under the law.

Innocent children are raped, tortured and mutilated.

Mostly the issues there are legal issues and breaking copy protections.

She reportedly sustained injuries and scars from the beatings, including to her shoulder.

but there are certain admissions, certain stories, that no amount ofbeating could induce a man to make up.