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Waterboarding can cause extreme pain, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, and lasting psychological damage. [ 6 ] Adverse physical effects can last for months, and psychological effects for years. [ 7 ]
Chinese water torture or a "dripping machine" [1] is a mentally painful process which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged period of time. [1] The process causes fear and mental deterioration on the subject. The pattern of the drops is often irregular, and the cold sensation is jarring, which causes ...
Chinese water torture or a "dripping machine" [17] is a mentally painful process which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged period of time. [17] The process causes fear and mental deterioration on the subject. The pattern of the drops is often irregular, and the cold sensation is jarring, which causes ...
Hannah Waddingham revealed on “The Late Show” that she’s had “chronic claustrophobia” ever since filming that “horrific” waterboarding scene for “Game of Thrones.” The “Ted ...
In the 2010s, research began to examine specific techniques for their effects. For example, studies of sleep deprivation have found that there is a high risk of false statements or the interrogator even planting a false memory. O'Mara ran a study of simulated waterboarding, finding that it increased the recall of false memories.
This article 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 law and is illegal in most countries. However, it is still used by many governments. Torture is widely practiced worldwide: Amnesty International received reports of ...
Water cure (torture) Water cure is a form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water intoxication, and possibly death. [1][2][3] Often the victim has the mouth forced or wedged open, the nose closed with pincers and a funnel or strip of cloth forced down ...
The report stated that: "Research and medical experimentation on detainees was used to measure the effects of large-volume waterboarding and adjust the procedure according to the results." As a result of the waterboarding experiments, doctors recommended adding saline to the water "to prevent putting detainees in a coma or killing them through ...