It corrupts and degrades the state which uses it and the legal system which accepts it. When the state itself beats and extorts, it can no longer be said to rest on foundations of morality and justice, but rather on force.
While the rest of the world is expected to abide by the UN Convention against Torture, for example, the Americans evaluate international law on the basis of whether it serves their interests. The interrogations, torture and socialization of prison turned most of the men rounded up by Mubarak into hardened militants, thirsty for revenge: they would become the foot soldiers of terrorism.
Not only will torture create a dedicated core of anti-American jihadists, their stories will lose us the "hearts and minds" campaign with the larger Muslim population.
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I still have the scars. I was just crying for my mum every day. For years, there has been authoritarian rule in Ethiopia where torture has been a staple of the government. Attempts to claim a wide range of rights, including land rights or freedoms of expression or association etc. When Daesh took the state, torture was used consistently on citizens as a means of oppression and control.
Since Daesh lost its grip on the Mesopotamian state in , the Iraqi government has repeatedly used torture as an interrogation technique instead of carrying out proper criminal investigations. Our evidence shows that torture has been happening in Turkey for decades, mainly to repress the Kurdish minority and the political involvement of its people.
Based on 60 medico-legal reports we produced between February and March , our country briefing highlighted the systematic use of torture between to Read more about torture in Turkey.
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict, warring parties have continuously disregarded human rights and humanitarian law protections. Arbitrary detentions, kidnappings and torture have been widely reported on both side s. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights , over 14, people have been killed under the use of torture between and In Egypt, torture has been used routinely by successive regimes in response to any form of opposition including peaceful protests.
In addition to people being tortured for their peaceful protest against the last three Egyptian governments, we also have evidence of people being tortured for their sexual orientation. The government response to separatism in Cameroon has been heavy-handed.
Though waves of abuse have come from both sides, Anglophone separatists have equally used force against civilians perceived to be associated with the government. Whilst oppositionists from Cameroon have been tortured for opposing the state, our evidence shows that many people - both men and women - are tortured on the grounds of their sexual orientation.
Despite espousing the values of human rights, even the UK has been implicated in torture in recent years. Although the ISC report was a good start, we still don't know the full extent of abuses and how politicians were involved.
This results in uncertainty whether information that a person provided is true or not. Thus, all states should consider other, more reliable ways, to collect information while applying principles of humanity and respecting human rights.
Torture methods used on victims can be of both physical and psychological nature, such as prolonged solitary confinement or sleep deprivation. Both psychological and physical torture complement each other causing severe pain to people who were affected by it. Infliction of physical torture is in most cases reflected in psychological consequences.
Applying torture methods of these types on someone can directly damage their memory and cause an extreme psychological trauma. For example, if affected by one of these methods, victims may become so mentally broken that they might not even remember simple things such as their home address. Similarly, victims who are deprived of sleep may become confused and disoriented, which can cause them to convince themselves in things interrogators are suggesting them and, in this way, produce false information.
However, infliction of torture methods does not cause psychological trauma only to victims, but also to the torturers. Most often, state authorities and politicians who support torture are not the ones who inflict it personally. They leave to others to enforce their policies and apply torture methods, which affects them on a psychological level by being rooted deeply within their brain circuit.
This means that both victims and perpetrators face a range of devastating psychological consequences. 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.
For this reason, people who had been affected by torture should have access to redress such as medical care, reintegration into society, rehabilitation and counseling. When states and governments use torture to achieve their goals, they often see it as necessary to provide some type of justification for its implementation.
Governments and politicians must find ways to excuse and explain the use of torture, while those who publicly advocate for it must find arguments that would justify torture as a practice that is globally and universally regarded as immoral and condemned.
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