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...? Torture of Bomb Suspect Introduction Torture is often used during military interrogations with an aim of eliciting responses from suspects. However, the ethical implications of torture and the reliability of the evidence that emanates from torturing victims leads to the questioning of the torture option as a means of interrogating suspects. The terrorist bombings of the USS Cole in 2000, led to the use of torture on the al Qaeda suspect by the US military at Guantanamo Bay with a view of making him admit to the crime. This paper analyses the case of Nashiri who was suspected to be a mastermind of the Cole attacks so as to establish the...
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...? 24 February, Torture and its psychological aspect: The term “torture” has been derived from “torquere” which is a Latin term that means to twist (Gushee). Torture is the name of extreme mental or physical suffering that is inflicted upon an individual so that he/she may be intimidated, punished, or be made to make a confession for the presumably committed crime. Definition of torture offered by the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) is, by far the most comprehensive and widely used definition. The definition also mentions several ways and reasons for which people may be...
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...?Original Texts: Kenneth Pope (http kspope.com/torvic/torture-abst.php) Although all forms of physical torture are likely to have psychological aspects and consequences, some forms of torture are primarily psychological in nature. For example, people may be forced to watch family or friends being tortured, may be given false reports about the torture, death, or betrayal of loved ones, or may be told that they are about to be executed (sometimes followed by a fake execution, in which, e.g., an unloaded gun is held to the person's head and the trigger pulled). Victims of torture may be told that no one remembers them or cares, and that if...
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...?Medieval Torture Devices and Methods Throughout the chronological progression of human history, the world witnessed a constant cycle of rising and falling of empires (Ames). From the great civilizations of Sumer, ending in Alexander’s megalomaniac plans of world conquest, to the Roman Empire whose city cried in fear from the invasions of the Vandals and the Barbarians, even those of the Incas, Mayas, and the Aztecs, whose reign ended with the coming of Spanish Conquistadors, the continuous cycle of imperial expansion followed by imperial overstretch and eventually imperial decay had prevailed throughout the globe. The medieval age is a product of such a cycle. Though highly prominent in Europe, Asian empires and...
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...?Original Texts: Jeremy Waldron (http www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2007/oct/25/is-this-torture-necessary But trading off liberty against security has a treacherous logic. It beckons us in with easy cases—the trivial amount of freedom restricted when we are made to take our shoes off at the security checkpoint before we board an airplane is the price of an assurance that we will not be blown up by any imitators of Richard Reid. But it is also a logic that has been used to justify spying without a warrant, mass detentions, incarceration without trial, and abusive interrogation. In each case, we are told, some safeguards and rights that were formerly regarded as civil liberties have to be given up in the interests of...
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...? Medical Torture 14 May Introduction The path to medical knowledge often takes a tortuous route (no pun intended). In the ancient times, emperors and kings utilized their own subjects for medical experiments to gain new knowledge in medicines and treatments. The practice included using prisoners to force them to take an herbal plant concoction to test whether it is poisonous or not. There were no medical ethics back then and it was considered to be more important in the wider search for knowledge to sacrifice just one life in order to gain something. This was essentially the same debate that existed in Britain during the nineteenth century on vivisections (Miller 334). If the prisoner dies from taking the herb medicine,...
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...? Prisoner Torture Investigation of any crime or unlawful activity is a precursor to bring the guilty to the rule of law and deliver justice. Therefore, investigation plays a crucial role in detecting and deterring crimes and other unlawful activities from the society. For criminal investigators dealing with cases such as homicide or terrorism plot, properly interacting with witnesses and suspects is essential to unearth the truth. Interrogating subjects like juvenile require special sensitivity. As a result, successful investigators must be resourceful and good in communication. They must be strong in ethics and compassionate. An investigation to uncover misuse of information by a chief executive of a company to buy...
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...Torture Our country is no stranger to torture. America is a country of two distinct narratives. The first narrative, ideals of justice, therules of law, and respect for human dignity, are intertwined throughout our Constitution and history. The second is a historical narrative of torture and disregard for the humanity of others, proven by the attempted genocide of Native Americans and the enslavement and segregation of Black Americans.
In post-9/11 America, the controversial topic of torture has become a significant ethical issue that has created much debate. On one side of this national issue are those who believe that torture is necessary and...
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..., this entire section of the novel represents a transitional period in the life of Winston; one in which Julia comes to serve as the center of his thoughts prior to his meeting with O’Brien and the changes that his portends for all characters involved.
It is within Part III of the novel that the themes of torture and fear come to be recognized as commanding primal attention. As the section begins, Winston finds himself in confinement; sharing a cell with a woman he does not know and faced with the continual threat of being dragged away for further questioning. Winston lives in continual fear that this questioning will cause him to give up Julia and subject her to the tortures that the Party has...
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