Expert subject Psychology date April 2009 Torture , whether physical or psychological or both, depends on complicated interpersonal relationships between those who torture, those tortured, bystanders and others. Torture also involves deeply personal processes in those tortured, in those who torture and in others. These interacting psychological relationships, processes and dynamics form the basis for the psychology of torture. The torture process to the torturer Motivation to torture Research over the past 50 years, starting with the Milgram experiment , suggests that under the right circumstances and with the appropriate encouragement and setting, most people can be encouraged to actively torture ... A15861 2004May10.html title The Psychology of Torture work The Washington Post author Shankar Vedantam date May 11, 2004 ref Confidence in the efficacy of torture is based upon the behaviorist theory of human behavior. ref http www.fcnl.org issues item.php?item id 2512&issue id 70 ref Stages of torture ... DEFAULTSORT Psychology Of Torture Category Psychological abuse Category Torture ... & 124 People still willing to torture format work date 2008 12 19 accessdate 2010 03 24 location London ref John Conroy Quote When torture takes place, people believe they are on the high moral ground ... to accept torture as necessary, acceptable or deserved, or to comply from a wish to not reject peer ..., like many other procedures, once torture becomes established as part of internally acceptable ... wider use. One of the apparent ringleaders of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Abu Ghraib prison torture incident, Charles Graner Jr., exemplified some of these when he was reported to have ... title ref See also Psychological torture References Refimprove article date June 2007 reflist Further reading McCoy, Alfred, A Question of Torture CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror Hardcover Conroy, John, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People The Dynamics of Torture , Alfred ... more details
Other uses Image Diverse torture instruments.jpg right thumb 250px A variety of torture instruments including, at right, the iron maiden torture iron maiden of Nuremberg . Torture , according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture an advisory measure of the UN General Assembly is blockquote ... Against Torture ref http www.un.org millennium law iv 9.htm Convention against Torture and Other Cruel ... history, torture has often been used as a method of political Brainwashing re education , interrogation, punishment, and coercion. In addition to state sponsored torture, individuals or groups may be motivated to inflict torture on others for similar reasons to those of a state however, the motive for torture can also be for the Sadomasochism sadistic gratification of the torturer, as in the Moors murders . Torture is prohibited under international law and the domestic laws of most countries in the 21st ... Geneva Convention and Fourth Geneva Convention officially agree not to torture prisoners in armed conflicts. Torture is also prohibited by the United Nations Convention Against Torture , which ... 7 October 2010 ref National and international legal prohibitions on torture derive from a consensus that torture and similar ill treatment are immoral, as well as impractical. ref Cite web publisher Amnesty International url http www.amnesty.org en library info ACT40 014 2005 en title Torture and Ill ... Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims report widespread use condoned by states ... practice torture, some of them openly. ref name Amnesty08 Cite web publisher Amnesty International ... 08 at a glance archivedate July 8, 2008 ref History Split section History of torture date September ... , dismemberment , sawing torture sawing , scaphism , or necklacing . ref http www.time.com ... nominally of a general ban of torture by all UN member states. Its effect in practice is limited, however ... Greeks and Romans used torture for interrogation. Until the 2nd century AD, torture was used only ... more details
Psychology sidebar Further Outline of psychology and Index of psychology articles Overview of discipline Psychology is the science ref Gray, P.O. 2010 . Foundations for the study of psychology. Psychology 6th ed. . New York, New York Worth Publishers. ref of mental process mind and behavior . ref Psychology ... medlineplus psychology merriam webster.com ref Its immediate goal is to understand behavior and mental processes by researching and establishing both general principles and specific cases. ref name Psychology Hockenbury & Hockenbury. Psychology. Worth Publishers, 2010. ref For many practitioners, one goal of applied psychology is to benefit society. ref name O Neil O Neil HF, cited in Coon D Mitterer ... to psychology Gateways to mind and behavior 12th ed., pp. 15 16 . Stamford, CT Cengage Learning ... , attention , emotion , Phenomenology psychology phenomenology , motivation , Human brain Functions brain functioning , personality psychology personality , behavior , and interpersonal relationships ... nomological model deductive methods, some especially Clinical psychology clinical and Counseling psychology counseling psychologists at times rely upon Hermeneutics Psychology symbolic interpretation and other Inductive reasoning inductive techniques. Psychology incorporates research from the social ... the majority of psychologists are involved in some kind of therapeutic role clinical, counseling psychology counseling , and school psychology school positions many do scientific research on a wide range of topics related to mental processes and behavior typically in university psychology departments ... psychology industrial and organizational settings, and in other areas ref Bureau of Labor Statistics ... psychology human development and aging , sport psychology sports , health psychology health , media psychology the media , legal psychology law , and forensic psychology forensics . Etymology The word psychology literally means, study of the Soul spirit soul wikt , psukh , meaning ... more details
Italic title Infobox journal title Torture cover File Torture20 1 2010 cover.jpg editor Henrik Marcussen discipline Physical medicine and rehabilitation Rehabilitation medicine abbreviation Torture publisher International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims country frequency Triannually history 1991 present openaccess Yes license impact impact year website http www.irct.org library torture journal.aspx link1 http www.irct.org library torture journal latest issue.aspx link1 name Online access link2 http www.irct.org library torture journal back issues.aspx link2 name Online archive JSTOR OCLC 29707439 LCCN CODEN ISSN 1018 8185 eISSN 1997 3322 Torture is a Peer review peer reviewed medical journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture, published by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims , indexed in MEDLINE . The focus of the journal is biomedicine, psychology, and rehabilitation, but also on epidemiology, social sciences, and other disciplines related to torture. The journal has been published since 1991 as Torture Quarterly Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture , and was relaunched as Torture in 2004. Notable articles Important contributions include Jos Quiroga Quiroga, J , Jaranson, J 2005 . http www.irct.org Admin Public DWSDownload.aspx?File Files Filer TortureJournal 15 1 2005 Torture15 2 3 2005.pdf Politically motivated torture and its survivors a desk study review of the literature . External links Official http www.irct.org library torture journal.aspx Category Torture Category Medical journals Category Triannual journals Category Publications established in 1991 Category English language journals med journal stub ... more details
expert subject Psychology date August 2009 Psychological torture is a type of torture that relies primarily ... psychological torture involves the use of physical violence, there is a continuum between psychological torture and physical torture. The two are often used in conjunction with one another, and often overlap in practice, with the fear and pain induced by physical torture often resulting in long term psychological effects, and many forms of psychological torture involving some form of pain or coercion. Many forms of psychological torture methods attempt to destroy the subject s normal self image ... threats operate on the same fear inducing principle. Another is indirect torture, which preys on the victims ... but spared physical harm that might endanger his ability to comply. While psychological torture ... psychological rather than physical torture it can result in similar levels of permanent mental damage to its victims. ref cite web url http www.newscientist.com article dn11313 psychological torture as bad as physical torture.html title Psychological torture as bad as physical torture author Roxanne ... torture methods may have been devised by, or in conjunction with, doctors and psychologists. ref cite web url http www.mindhacks.com blog 2008 02 psychological tortur.html title Psychological torture ... extensive use of psychological torture techniques at Guantanamo Bay and other sites subsequent ... title The US psychological torture system is finally on trial author Naomi Klein publisher ... mccoy title The CIA s secret history of psychological torture publisher Salon.com author Alfred W. McCoy date June 11, 2009 ref Many other countries have been accused of using psychological torture ... government guilty of using psychological torture on IRA political detainees in Northern Ireland. See also White torturePsychology of torture KUBARK References reflist DEFAULTSORT Psychological Torture Category Torture Category Psychological abuse ... more details
instruments of torturePsychology of torture Psychological warfare The Box tortureTorture museums ...Otheruses File Torture Chamber of the Inquisition v2.PNG thumb 300px An artist s depiction of a Torture ... Maxwell http books.google.com books?id XxUvfIko1TUC&pg PA68&lpg PA68&dq torture chamber of the inquisition&source ... to hear the confession, as soon as the torture victim gave up resisting, and the clerk recorded it. ref ... http books.google.com books?id DmL8CljbqDwC&pg PA159&lpg PA159&dq Torture chamber inquisitor&source ... book result&ct result&resnum 10 v onepage&q Torture 20chamber 20inquisitor&f false Inquisition from ... ref A Torture chamber is a room where torture is inflicted. ref http dictionary.reference.com browse Torture 20chamber Torture chamber. Dictionary.com . WordNet 3.0. Princeton University. http dictionary.reference.com browse Torture chamber accessed July 29, 2009 . ref ref name Princeton http wordnetweb.princeton.edu perl webwn?s Torture chamber&sub Search WordNet&o2 &o0 1&o7 &o5 &o1 1&o6 &o4 &o3 &h Princeton Wordnet definition of Torture chamber ref Methods of coercion According to Frederick Howard ... main types of coercion employed in the torture chamber Coercion by the cord, by water and by fire ... and reformation a study of the penitentiary system Page 100 by Frederick Howard Wines Psychology 1910 387 pages In the torture chamber, the three principal forms of coercion were by the cord, by water ..., 1633 1992 by Maurice A. Finocchiaro it is mentioned that there were five stages of torture that could have been applied to Galileo He could have been threatened with torture, ref name Nature http books.google.com books?id tlAEAAAAYAAJ&pg RA1 PA299&dq torture chamber detail&lr v onepage&q torture 20chamber 20detail&f false Nature p. 299 February 14, 1878 ref he could have been taken to the torture ... to the instrument, without actually being tied, he could have been tied to the instrument of torture .... ref http books.google.com books?id LVMy7yoGbdIC&pg PA252&dq torture chamber&lr &ei ngZxSoCnNKigygSXlKnRDg ... more details
Torture Garden may refer to The Torture Garden novel The Torture Garden novel , novel by Octave Mirbeau Torture Garden album Torture Garden album , album by Naked City Torture Garden film Torture Garden film , film directed by Freddie Francis and written by Robert Bloch Torture Garden fetish club , London fetish nightclub disambig ... more details
Medical torture also known as a medical interrogation describes the involvement and sometimes active participation of medical professionals in acts of torture , either to judge what victims can endure, to apply treatments which will enhance torture, or as torturers in their own right. Medical torture ... and approval for the torture of prisoners. The term also covers torturous scientific or pseudo scientific ... accepted that medical torture fundamentally violates medical ethics , which all medical practitioners ... Convention of 1949 outright prohibits the torture of prisoners of war and other protected non combatants ... tokyo.html makes a number of specific statements against torture, including The doctor shall not countenance , condone or participate in the practice of torture . Also the UN Convention Against Torture , which applies not only to medical personnel medical staff , prohibits the use of torture under any circumstance. The text explicitely states there is no exception to this treaty under which torture ... Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman ... against humanity . There remain gaps in regulation relating to medical torture in many countries Government sponsored torture and organized violence, with the complicity and or participation of health ... amount of cases. An example of this impunity is found in the Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib prison torture ... and these aren t covered comprehensively by the UN Convention Against Torture . Asserted instances Between 1937 and 1945, Japanese medical personnel who were part of Unit 731 participated in the torture ... experiments to torture United States American prisoners of war in several islands of the Pacific ... Commission for Human Rights , who found Britain guilty of torture however the higher European Court ... torture . http www.bbc.co.uk history war troubles origins internment.shtml In Soviet mental ... Rights When Healers Harm campaign, health professionals were complicit in the torture and abuse ... more details
A torture museum is a museum that exhibits instruments of torture and provides tutorials on the history of torture and its use in human society. There are several museums dedicated to the history of torture located in Europe such as the Torture Museum in Amsterdam , Netherlands , R desheim am Rhein Museums Mediaeval Torture Museum Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum in R desheim am Rhein and the Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale in San Gimignano , Italy , Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments, in Prague 1 , Krizovnick n m 194 1 near Charles Bridge See also Hamburg Dungeon London Dungeon Medieval instruments of torture R desheim am Rhein Museums Mediaeval Torture Museum Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum in R desheim am Rhein Torture chamber York Dungeon External links http www.torturemuseum.com content.html Torture Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands http www.torturamuseum.com Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale in San Gimignano http www.corkscrew balloon.com misc torture Museo Criminale Mediovale Category Torture Museum Category Types of museum Category History museums Torture ... more details
wiktionarypar tortureTorture or tortured may refer to Torture , the infliction of pain to break the will of the victim or victims Torture The Jacksons song Torture The Jacksons song , a song by the The Jackson 5 Jacksons from their 1984 album Victory The Jacksons album Victory Torture John D. Loudermilk song Torture John D. Loudermilk song , as song that was a hit for Kris Jensen and Petula Clark Coeur Bless , French 1 Torture , a song by The Cure from their 1987 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Torture , a song by Method Man from his 1998 album Tical 2000 Judgement Day Torture Miyavi song Torture , a song by Miyavi from his 2010 album What s My Name? Torture , a song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight Tortured , a song by The Replacements from their 1990 album All Shook Down Tortured , a 1997 album by Annette Ducharme Tortured , a song by Loverboy from their 1997 album Six Loverboy album Six Tortured , a song by Otep OTEP from their 2002 album Sevas Tra Tortured film Tortured , a 2008 film starring Laurence Fishburne disambig ... more details
There are multiple uses of the term The Torture Papers The Torture Papers book is a book about the use of controversial techniques in the interrogation and detention of captives of the USA. The Torture Papers album is the 2006 debut album from Hip Hop collective Army of the Pharaohs. Disambig ... more details
of focusing one s torture on the breasts is part of a larger male Psyche psychology psyche desiring ...File Electroplay girl with electrode.jpg thumb 350px Electrical torture of a female breast. Tit torture ... it is well documented that non consensual sexual torture has been common in both modern society and in the past, the term tit torture in this context applies to consensual sexual activity . In an erotic ... partner s breast torture rape fantasy . Regardless, in most cases the pleasure is derived from some ... torture without long term effects. The nipples and areola were designed for suckling and can also ... or other damage if mishandled. Erotic tit torture involves a combination of sexual activities that are considered ... texts that most commonly apply to tit torture include Algolagnia sexual pleasure from pain Breast ..., erotic tit torture would not be considered clinically paraphiliac behavior. The controversy continues ... tit torture, remain questionable by sexologists and clinicians. As long as parts of society view ... the controversy will continue. History Tit torture has been used throughout history, both as pure torture and in a more sexual context. As early as 300 B.C. books such as the Kama Sutra discussed ... and nipples. Torture focusing on the breasts is documented as having been used during the Spanish ... Days of Sodom , there are dozens of references to tit torture, many of them extremely brutal. Methods ... methods of breast torture, is not without risk. First degree burns happen. Hotter waxes risk ... happen quickly. Cigarettes are often considered in erotic tit torture, however, snuffing a hot ember ... and tit torture in detail. http www.sexuality.org l bdsm Sexuality.org s BDSM Archive General information about BDSM practices, including tit torture. sup 1 sup http www.alt times.com gor breastbonds.html ... to tit torture and breast bondage. sup 2 sup http www.slu.edu organizations abmdi newsletter ... due to auto erotic nipple torture. BDSM Category BDSM Category Breast fr Torture des t tons ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Pharmalogical torture uses psychotropic and or other chemical s to induce pain and cause compliance with a torturer s goals. Another form is when the victim is forcibly injected with addictive drugs to have them become dependent, and then denied the drug and forced to go through withdrawal unless they provide what the torturer wants. DEFAULTSORT Pharmacological Torture Category TortureTorture stub Pharmacology stub es Tortura farmacol gica ... more details
Bamboo torture is a form of torture where a bamboo shoot is grown through the body of a victim. Bamboo torture was allegedly used in East Asia East and South Asia . Accounts accuse Japanese soldiers of practicing the torture technique during World War II . ref Woon Ping Chin, Hakka soul memories, migrations, and meals, NUS Press, 2008. p. 23. ref ref Rod Aldwinckle. Japanese Torture Techniques. WW2 People s War. 08 August 2005. http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 37 a4865637.shtml. ref Bamboo shoots are fast growing, strong, and sharp. They naturally grow through obstructions as the shoots grow straight out of the ground. In bamboo torture, a victim is tied to the ground over bamboo shoots or suspended in the air over young bamboo shoots.. The bamboo pierces the flesh in grows through the body in a matter of days. Victims of bamboo torture were reportedly found as corpses impaled by full grown bamboo. The MythBusters investigated bamboo torture in a MythBusters 2008 season Episode SP12 .E2.80.93 .22Viewer Special the Threequel.22 2008 episode . They found that a bamboo shoot can penetrate several inches into ballistic gelatin ballistics gel in three days. References reflist Category Asian instruments of torture Category Physical torture techniques ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date December 2007 Dental torture is a form of torture involving the infliction of pain or damage to the mouth . Dental Torture techniques typically include disembodying or damaging of any part of the mouth i.e. gums, tongue, teeth, etc. without anesthesia , and may involve the misuse of dental equipment. This could include using needles or other sharp and or otherwise painful apparatus to intentionally damage the victim. Dental torture tends to be greatly feared due to the intense pain it is capable of inflicting, as well as the non regenerative nature of mature teeth. Damage resulting from dental torture can also make eating and drinking excruciatingly painful or difficult. Dental torture techniques can be numerous, depending on the creativity of the torturer. Inclusion of non dental materials, such as nails, is sometimes used to increase the pain inflicted. Dental torture is usually considered a crime, punishable by most if not all law enforcement agencies. Penalties for dental torture may range from fines, to jail time, or even execution depending on location and the severity of the torture. Dental torture in media Actor Steve Martin plays sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors . In the film Oldboy , the protagonist tortures someone by removing his teeth with a claw hammer. In the Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex episode List of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex episodes Not Equal , the Motoko Kusanagi Major threatens a terrorist with dental torture by combat knife. The horror film The Dentist involved a dentist inflicting dental torture on his patients. In the 1976 ... Nazi, uses dental torture on Dustin Hoffman s character Babe while attempting to discover if Babe ... box. The movie s dental torture scene made Szell s repeated phrase, Is it safe? a quotable movie quote from the 70s see AFI s 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes . Category Physical torture techniques ... more details
orphan date June 2010 The brodequin was a torture device used during the Medieval period of the Middle Ages . Function and method The brodequin was one of the more brutal methods of torture from the Middle Ages. The victim would be placed on a bench in a sitting position, with strong, narrow boards of wood fixed tightly to the inside and outside of either of the victim s legs, bound together tightly with strong rope, causing a sandwich effect on either leg. Wedges of wood were then driven into the gaps with a mallet where the victim s legs laid. This would often cause such impact and trauma that the victim s bones would literally burst, and bone marrow would leak out. ref http www.middle ages.org.uk brodequins.htm Website focused on the Middle Ages with information on numerous torture devices ref References reflist torture stub DEFAULTSORT Brodequin Torture Category Instruments of torture ... more details
A whirligig is a punitive or torture contraption comprising a suspended cage like device. ref http machaut.uchicago.edu cgi bin WEBSTER.sh?WORD whirligig Websters Dictionary 1913 edition ref The victim would be placed in the cage, which was spun violently in order to cause severe nausea . This was used as a military punishment, as by the British Army . For example, in Tangiers , the whirligig was reportedly used on women, by whom it was more feared than the pillory , stocks and wooden horse . ref http www.kipar.org military history kirkes discipline.html Justice and Discipline in Tangier and throughout the British Army ref References http web.archive.org web 20070323005501 http www.getchwood.com punishments curious chapter 10.html Getchwood Curious punishments Notes references torture stub Category Medieval instruments of torture Category Modern instruments of torture Category European instruments of torture sv Whirligig ... more details
unreferenced date January 2011 Infobox single Name Mr. Torture Cover Artist Helloween Album The Dark Ride B side Released December 26th, 2000 Format CD Recorded Genre Power metal Length 16 03 Label Victor Entertainment Writer Producer Chart position Last single If I Could Fly br 2000 This single Mr. Torture br 2000 Next single Just a Little Sign br 2003 Misc Mr. Torture is a song by the German metal band Helloween . This single is similar to the If I Could Fly single with the addition of Mr. Torture as the first track. Like many others of the band s lyrics, this song is rather humorous and not to be taken seriously. It is about Mr. Torture giving women sexual pleasure by practising BDSM . Track listing tracklist title1 Mr. Torture length1 3 30 title2 If I Could Fly radio mix length2 3 30 title3 Deliver Us From Temptation length3 4 54 title4 If I Could Fly length4 4 09 Personnel Andi Deris vocals Michael Weikath guitar Roland Grapow guitar Markus Grosskopf bass guitar Uli Kusch drums John Ellenbrock acoustic grand piano Helloween Category 2000 singles Category Helloween songs 2000s song stub ... more details
Refimprove date June 2009 Nose torture is a classic Japan ese form of BDSM , that usually involves a hook applied in the nose so called nosehook that pulls the nose backwards. The level of pain and discomfort caused by this form of nose bondage sexual bondage is variable based on how hard the nosehook is made to pull. Its a mixture of real pain and humiliation for the slave to be in nose bondage and other forms of nose torture. Forms of nose torture Flip the nose open pull the nostrils, squeeze and twist Nosehooks pulling the nose backwards nosehook either pulled hard by hand or tied above her to a collar round her neck Nose Caning a small thin stick needs to be a flexible stick that can bend swirp that can be flicked up on the nose from below. Clothespegs on and in the nose . Squeezed and played with snapped on and pulled off whipped off with a small precise whip. Metalclamp up the nose a variety of metal clamps can be used and applied on the nostrils or inside the middle of the nose, I a chain is attached to the metal clamps it can be pulled and weighted. Hotwaxing the nose Hotwax on top of the nose, dripped inside from the side, downwards inside. External links http www.nosetorture.com Nose Torture Blog http www.nosetorture.com nosebondage index.html Examples of Nosebondage and Nose torture Category BDSM fr Torture nasale ... more details
orphan date February 2009 The coffin was a type of torture developed in the Middle Ages. In it, the victim was placed inside a metal human shaped frame. This frame was often made too small to increase discomfort. ref cite web url http www.medievality.com coffin torture.html title Medievality ref The time spent inside of the coffin was determined by the crime for which the person had been convicted. For example, if the person was a blasphemer, he or she would die in the coffin. Sometimes, depending on the crime, the offender would be displayed in public view inside the coffin. This could sometimes result in death due to the crowd of people that often gathered by the coffin. References reflist External links http www.medievality.com coffin torture.html Medievality Category Medieval instruments of torture Category European instruments of torturetorture stub ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Torture Tactics Type EP Artist Vio Lence Cover Vio lence Torture Tactics Front.jpg Released 1991 Recorded 1989 1991 Genre Thrash metal Length 18 18 Label Megaforce Records Megaforce Producer Reviews Allmusic rating 1.5 5 Allmusic class album id r21279 pure url yes link Last album Oppressing the Masses br 1990 This album Torture Tactics br 1991 Next album Nothing to Gain br 1993 Torture Tactics is the EP recorded by the San Francisco Bay Area thrash band Vio lence in 1991. It was released originally on Megaforce Records and the studio tracks are old songs from the demo times of Vio lence. Vio lence released the EP Torture Tactics on a different label, in response to the deletion of the title track from their first two albums. Officer Nice live was a fake live track. The live intro is taken from Vio lence s Hallendale, FL, show from August 1988. Torture Tactics and Gutterslut were the two outtakes from the 1989 Oppressing The Masses sessions Track listing Torture Tactics 5 21 Officer Nice Live 5 49 Gutterslut 3 24 Dicks of Death 3 39 Credits Sean Killian Vocals Phil Demmel Guitar Robb Flynn Guitar Dean Dell Bass Perry Strickland Drums it Torture Tactics Category 1991 EPs Category Vio lence albums ... more details
The parrilla is a method of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock . Name The Spanish word parrilla IPA es pa ri a means a cooking barbecue grill grill or barbecue of the type commonly found in South American countries. By gruesome analogy, the metal frame used in the torture was given the same name because of its appearance and because the victim was placed ... of torture that uses it. Usage The parrilla was used in a number of countries in South America , including ... to restrain the victim in a position convenient for torture, with legs spread and arms either above ... parts of the victim s body for the duration of the torture session. In another method, a wire ... of torture achieves the purpose of those who use it. Whether or not the parrilla was effective in that sense ... methods of torture available to them The parrilla was easy for the torturers to use. Unlike Beating up beating and other forms of physical torture, it required no physical exertion on their part and the severity of the torture was finely adjustable by simply varying the strength of the shocks. It had ..., part of their preparation was to be raped on arrival in the torture room in order to soften them. Cassidy .... A part of the torture process was that both female and male victims were made to feel utterly helpless ... shock torture has been, and still is, used in many places in the world, and often the victim is restrained on a frame or table. Only in South America was this type of torture called the parrilla ... one of the most feared of all the methods of torture, possibly because many prisoners suffered it and it suited ... asked in interviews about her own torture as a young woman in 1975. She says she was spared the parrilla ... Grimaldi Torture Ethical arguments regarding torture References reflist External links http www.hospice ... of the parrilla in use . Category Physical torture techniques Category Contemporary instruments of torture ... more details
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Image Thumbscrews dsc05359.jpg thumb 200px Scotland Scottish thumbscrew Image Thumbscrews dsc05365.jpg thumb 200px Scottish thumbscrews The thumbscrews or pilliwinks is a torture instrument which was first used in medieval Europe . It is a simple vice tool vice , sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces. The victim s thumb s or finger s were placed in the vice and slowly crushed. The thumbscrew was also applied to crush prisoners big toe s. The crushing bars were sometimes lined with sharp metal points to puncture the nails and inflict greater pain in the nail beds. Larger, heavier devices based on the same design principle were applied to crush knee s and Elbow joint elbow s. As late as the mid 18th Century, the ex slave Olaudah Equiano testified to having witnessed the use of thumbscrews to torture slaves on a Virginia plantation included in his autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano . During this period mid 18th Century Thomas Clarkson carried thumbscrews with him to further his cause for the abolition of the slave trade, and later emancipation of slaves in the British Empire. He hoped to and did inspire empathy with the display of this and other torture devices used on slaves. ref Hochschild, Adam. Bury the Chains, The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery he was fat Basingstoke Pan Macmillan, 2005 ref References Reflist External links http www.angelfire.com darkside forgottendreams thumbscrew.html http www.dsl.ac.uk dsl getent4.php?plen 1544&startset 48903703&query Pilli &fhit Win&dregion form&dtext dost Category Medieval instruments of torture Category Modern instruments of torture Category European instruments of torture torture stub cs Pale nice de Daumenschraube es Aplastapulgares nl Duimschroef pl Zgniatacz kciuk w pt Anjinhos fi Peukaloruuvi sv Tumskruv ... more details
refimprove date November 2008 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Torture Killer Img Img capt Img size Landscape Background group or band Alias Origin Turku , Finland , Europe Genre Death metal Years active 2002&ndash present Label Karmageddon Media Karmageddon , Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Associated acts Six Feet Under band Six Feet Under , Torsofuck URL http www.torturekiller.com www.torturekiller.com Current members Juri Sallinen br Tuomas Karppinen br Jari Laine br Kim Torniainen br Tuomo Latvala Past members Chris Barnes musician Chris Barnes br Matti Liuke br Taneli Hatakka Torture Killer is a Finnish death metal band from Turku , Finland , formed in 2002. The band consist of five members, Juri Sallinen vocals Tuomas Karppinen guitar , Jari Laine guitar , Kim Torniainen bass , and Tuomo Latvala drums .The band was originally a Six Feet Under band Six Feet Under cover band, but soon began composing and performing original material in the same vein. Chris Barnes musician Chris Barnes , the original singer for Cannibal Corpse and current singer for Six Feet Under, officially joined Torture Killer as lead singer in November 2005. He left the band in January 2008. ref Allmusic class artist id p644916 pure url yes Torture Killer at allmusic ref Members Current members Juri Sallinen vocals 2008 present Tuomas Karppinen guitar 2002 present Jari Laine guitar 2002 present Kim Torniainen bass 2002 present Tuomo Latvala drums 2002 present Former members Chris Barnes musician Chris Barnes vocals 2005 2008 Matti Liuke vocals Taneli Hatakka guitar Discography Albums For Maggots to Devour Karmageddon Media , 2003 Swarm Metal Blade , 2006 Sewers album Sewers Dynamic Art Records, 2009 EPs Torture Killer Sotajumala small split album split EP with Sotajumala small References reflist External links http www.torturekiller.com Official website Category ... Torture Killer pt Torture Killer fi Torture Killer sv Torture Killer ... more details
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