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TORTURE, punishments. A punishment inflicted in some countries on supposed criminals to induce them to confess their crimes, and to reveal their associates.
     2. This absurd and tyrannical practice never was in use in the United States; for no man is bound to accuse himself. An attempt to torture a person accused of crime, in order to extort a confession, is an indictable offence. 2 Tyler, 380. Vide Question.
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He too has suffered this violence, and his radicalism, like that of Sayyid Qutb, was hardened and then set in stone through the effects of Egyptian state torture.
Zarqawi: taking care of business: a kind of dialogue is unfolding in ... by Ross, Daniel / Arena Magazine
But may I direct your attention to Bangladesh, where state torture is widespread and a blind eye is turned to abuse against Hindus.
Kevan Furbank Column: Games are a bit tarnished by The Mirror (London, England)
Worthy of note is that the perpetrators of state torture as documented by victims of torture [4] have been largely NIF supporters who, for the most part, included security officers indoctrinated with the NIF anti-Islamic, anti-ethical, and anti-democratic thought.
SOLVING THE CRISIS OF SUDAN: THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION VERSUS ... by El-Tigani, Mahgoub / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
 
 
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