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'''Torture''' is the use of pain to extract a confession. Nations in the [[Axis of Evil]] have been accused of using torture regularly. It was commonplace in the [[Middle Ages]] where many people such as [[witch]]es were tortured to extract confessions. These days it is banned by all civilized nations. | '''Torture''' is the use of pain to extract a confession. Nations in the [[Axis of Evil]] have been accused of using torture regularly. It was commonplace in the [[Middle Ages]] where many people such as [[witch]]es were tortured to extract confessions. These days it is banned by all civilized nations. | ||
| − | The US has been accused of using torture as interrogation method at Guantanamo and also kidnapping people of middle eastern descent in a process | + | The US has been accused of using torture as interrogation method at Guantanamo and also kidnapping people of middle eastern descent in a process called [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6359875.stm extraodinary rendition]. |
Revision as of 21:45, March 24, 2007
Torture is the use of pain to extract a confession. Nations in the Axis of Evil have been accused of using torture regularly. It was commonplace in the Middle Ages where many people such as witches were tortured to extract confessions. These days it is banned by all civilized nations.
The US has been accused of using torture as interrogation method at Guantanamo and also kidnapping people of middle eastern descent in a process called extraodinary rendition.