In many countries, various methods of torture are still used, which bring incredible pain to a person and can lead to death.
Although the Middle Ages have long been in the past, torture has not lost its relevance, but has become less bloody. They are used to obtain information, inspire fear or punish a person. Your attention - the methods of torture, which are practiced in the modern world.
1. The German chair
A large number of tortures are used in Syria, and one of the methods used in ancient times. It consists in the fact that the captive is tied to a chair, and after that they begin to gradually lower the back of the chair downwards, which causes the person to cave in. This provokes a strong strain on the spine, which causes irreversible damage and can even lead to death.
2. Unbearable white color
An unusual way of torture, which has a strong influence on the human psyche and can lead to insanity. The prisoner is closed in an absolutely white and noiseless room, he is given a white meal and is shielded from the outside world. This is considered an extreme form of sensory derivation, when all sensory organs are disconnected.
3. Shuangyi
This term is understood as a special type of detention of prisoners, which is used by the Communist Party against officials suspected of corruption. People are not simply arrested, but kidnapped and held in custody until sentencing. During this, they are subjected to numerous tortures, so many of such a conclusion are not returned.
4. Pressing Tightness
The real torture chamber is the Syrian box in which the person is placed. Its dimensions are very small, so it is very tight inside and the captive has to be in an uncomfortable position for a long time.
5. Bedtime torture
It is believed that in some regions of Asia a method of torture is used, which causes people to experience severe pain. The prisoner is put on the bed and the arms and legs are tied to the legs, and so that the person is on weight, and not lying. In this position, it can lie for several days, which leads to muscle atrophy. Often, this method of torture is used against political prisoners before sentencing.
6. Conclusion in water
To punish a person is placed in a narrow cage, in which there may be internal spikes to restrict movement, and then it is lowered into water or a swamp so that the head remains on the surface. In this situation, the victim may be for a long time. According to rumors, a similar method is used in China against the followers of the Falun Dafa teachings.
7. Tiger's bench
A terrible test awaits the people who are sentenced to the "tiger bench". The person is tied to the board in a sitting position, and several bricks are put under the heels. This is not all, because two of the guards on the legs are pressed down with a stick. The test continues until the straps break or the legs break.
8. Torture
The electric shock is a long stick, with electrodes, from which a small but high-voltage current flows. It is applied to the most sensitive parts of the body, for example, the throat, genitals, breasts and so on. Such method of torture in some prisons is popular for the punishment of guilty convicts.
9. Water tests
Such a method of torture has been seen in films, but it is also used in real life. It is used for interrogation. The person's face is covered with a rag, and then water is poured on him. As a result, there is an imitation of the situation, as if a person is drowning, and he begins to suffocate.
10. Chilling with cold
The torture began to use the benefits of the modern world, for example, the CIA legalized the method of interrogation, for which you need air conditioning. The victim is undressed and put in a room in which the cooling equipment operates at full capacity. In a cold cell a person can stay from a few hours to months.
11. Forced feeding
This torture is experienced by people who are on hunger strike. To support the life of prisoners, they are forcibly fed. This can be done not only through the mouth, but also through the nose, using a tube through which food is fed.
12. Foam
The torture method used in the Renaissance is now called the Palestinian hanging. The captive gets their hands behind their back, they are fixed with a rope and tied to the ceiling. As a result, the dislocation of the hands complicates breathing, and the person experiences severe discomfort.
13. Burial alive
A terrible punishment method that can drive you crazy. The captives are buried in the ground alive, but if this occurs in educational measures, then the person is left with a breathing tube.
14. Squatting
Initially, it may seem that this method is innocuous, but this is if you squat for a few minutes. When people are tortured in this way, they are riveted with their hands so that they can not straighten their legs, and leave them in that position for several days, and even weeks. To complicate the situation of the prisoner, then under his heels put nails, and then you have to sit on your socks.
15. Conclusion in shackles
To implement this method of torture, the victim is handcuffed or shackled to the hands and feet, connected to each other by a steel rod that exerts strong pressure on the back. As a result, a person can not walk normally, sit, eat, and perform other actions, experiencing pain all the time.
16. Post of Shame
This method of torture appeared in medieval times, but it is still used in some countries for public humiliation of the offender. The victim is chained to the pole with a collar and shackles. As a result, the body begins to become numb and there is an incredible pain.
17. Nail Extract
A terrible and inhuman method of torture is used at the state level and in various gangs and groups. It is clear that he means pulling the nail plate with forceps.
18. Testing with music
This method of torture looks strange, but it is used in many countries. It is that the headphones are put on the victim and include loud music, and in most cases - heavy rock. As a result, the senses and the human psyche are seriously affected, but there are no visible injuries.
19. Hell's whip
In Trinidad and Tobago continue to use an unusual whip, which is a whip with nine tails, on the edges of which are metal claws. During strikes, they tear the skin, causing deep enough wounds. The Human Rights Court is working to officially prohibit the use of this scourge.
20. The ban on sleep
During interrogations, sleep deprivation is often used, for which there are continuous interrogations, are forced to perform some kind of work and so on. As a result, the body is exhausted, and the person ceases to control himself.
21. Conclusion for the thumbs
The gun, which was used in medieval times, is still used in various gangs and insurgent groups. It involves fixing the thumbs in the vice, which leads to the crushing of the bones.
22. Attack of dogs
Periodically, in the press, reports of the use of this method of torture in different countries flash. The victim is led into a pen or other limited space and descends on her evil dogs that can bite to death.