Torture

Article 5 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights states "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". According to wikipedia, this was adopted by United Nations (a.k.a UN) in 1948. I guess, since the inception of Article-5, it has been violated by almost every country in the world....ok maybe Switzerland did not violate it, yet.


A friend of mine indirectly encouraged me to look for torture literature on wikipedia. Here is a line from wiki entry on torture which is very fascinating and to some extent I would believe in that....


" In the Roman Republic, for example, a slave's testimony was admissible only if it was extracted by torture, on the assumption that slaves could not be trusted to reveal the truth voluntarily."

Although, this one I found quite stupid..."In medieval Europe, Often, defendants sentenced to death would be tortured prior to execution, so as to have a last chance that they disclose the names of their accomplices."

This is a good website about different torture techniques used all over the world. The background color of this website make the reading a little exciting.
"http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/forgottendreams/Tools.html"