I. Physical torture

There are also allegations of physical and mental torture.

(c) The use of physical force and torture during interrogations, detention and imprisonment

Threat ( 120), physical abuse ( 121) and torture ( 122) are qualified as acts of violence.

Saharan activists with whom they had met told tales of physical mistreatment including torture and disappearances.

1. Police across the United States have engaged in beatings, harassment, physical torture and murder of individuals.

Such punishment or reprisals ranged from demands for money to physical abuse, beatings, torture, rape and murder.

They have also been subjected to the worst types of mental and physical torture some prisoners have been killed by torture and others have been permanently disfigured.

Syrian detainees were still subjected to various forms of physical and mental torture, and deprived of family visits.

The police reportedly use physical and psychological torture during arrest and interrogation and the perpetrators are rarely punished.

Much of the most severe torture was said to occur in the early days of detention, so that by the time a detainee appeared in court or underwent a physical examination, there would remain little or no physical evidence that torture had taken place.

Muja Prekupi apos s lawyer alleged that he had been subjected to physical and mental torture for three days.

Torture methods most commonly reported included beatings, electric shocks, asphyxiation (slonik) and particularly painful methods of physical restraint (konvert and lastochka).

The certificate from Bangladesh is undated and merely states that the complainant arrived at the clinic on 15 October 2000, after being subjected to physical torture, and was treated for physical injuries and mental depression.

Most of the ill treatment and torture alleged by the patient leaves no external physical evidence, and hence it cannot be concluded from the absence of physical signs that such ill treatment did not take place.

2.6 After his release, the complainant was treated for some time in a private clinic for his mental and physical sequellae of the torture.

There are, for example, methods of torture that leave no physical after effects but are no less effective for the torturer apos s purposes.

The Special Rapporteur notes with satisfaction that he has only infrequently received allegations of physical torture or ill treatment of persons held for interrogation.

The persons being held in Khiam detention camp are subjected to torture in many forms, but there are two main categories physical and mental.

VI. TYPES OF TORTURE AND AFTER EFFECTS 31. Information possessed by the Fund confirms that received by other sectors of the Secretariat indicating that torture gives rise to long term and occasionally irreversible physical and psychological after effects.

86. Torture and other forms of physical ill treatment of persons held in police, military or gendarmerie custody has continued to be a serious problem.

(ii) History detailed record of the subject's story as given during the interview, including alleged methods of torture or ill treatment, times when torture or ill treatment is alleged to have occurred and all complaints of physical and psychological symptoms

In the first place, because infliction of torture is an offence that must be prosecuted in itself, independently of the physical harm caused to the victim.

2.7 Allegedly as a result of the physical and mental torture he was subjected to during detention, the author suffered a stroke which paralysed his left side.

It was further reported that all the persons detained since 5 December 1994 were being held incommunicado and were being allegedly exposed to physical and psychological torture.

These include allowing detainees to communicate without delay with courts, lawyers and doctors, prohibiting all forms of physical pressure or other means of compulsion, permitting all allegations of torture to be investigated, and fully implementing all the provisions of the Convention Against Torture.

However, during the interview with the Migration Board, the complainant emphasized that when he was arrested in July 2000 he was subjected to mental but not physical torture.

The Ambassador concluded that he could not evaluate the veracity of these statements, but did not understand the claim to be of any form of systematic, physical torture.

3.11 The author finally claims to be a victim of a violation of article 7, of both physical and emotional torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.

43. Article 60, paragraph 3 of the Constitution stipulates No one may be held incommunicado or subjected to torture or to other proceedings which cause physical or mental suffering.

And that was torture, real torture.

It was obvious that the prisoners had been subject to psychological torture and extreme physical hardship. The tiny radiator in each cell could hardly have dented the October to April frost.

The prisoners had been subjected to physical and psychological torture and Alberto Torres had been denied permission to attend his father's funeral, despite official petitions from the Government of Puerto Rico.

(n) Ensure that law enforcement, civil, military and medical personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual deprived of his her liberty are trained to recognize the physical consequences of torture and respect the absolute prohibition of torture

The torture was good. Wasn't it good torture?

World Organization against Torture (OMCT SOS Torture) (Geneva)

Information reviewed by the human rights treaty bodies indicates that the Israeli authorities have continued to use psychological and physical torture against Palestinian detainees, resulting in a considerable deterioration of their health.

Also reminds Governments that, as described in article 1 of the Convention against Torture, intimidation and coercion, including serious and credible threats, as well as death threats, to the physical integrity of the victim or of a third person can amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or to torture

Similarly, article 2, paragraph 2 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment underpinned the non derogable nature of the right to physical, mental and moral integrity, by prohibiting torture even in exceptional circumstances such as a state of war or any other public emergency.

Physical Rehabilitation

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Physical Memory

Physical Memory

Physical Path

Physical danger?