Tortured Confessions


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Tortured Confessions


Tortured Confessions
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Author : Ervand Abrahamian
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28

Tortured Confessions written by Ervand Abrahamian and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with History categories.


The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. His study is based on an extensive body of material, including Amnesty International reports, prison literature, and victims' accounts that together give the book a chilling immediacy. According to human rights organizations, Iran has been at the forefront of countries using systematic physical torture in recent years, especially for political prisoners. Is the government's goal to ensure social discipline? To obtain information? Neither seem likely, because torture is kept secret and victims are brutalized until something other than information is obtained: a public confession and ideological recantation. For the victim, whose honor, reputation, and self-respect are destroyed, the act is a form of suicide. In Iran a subject's "voluntary confession" reaches a huge audience via television. The accessibility of television and use of videotape have made such confessions a primary propaganda tool, says Abrahamian, and because torture is hidden from the public, the victim's confession appears to be self-motivated, increasing its value to the authorities. Abrahamian compares Iran's public recantations to campaigns in Maoist China, Stalinist Russia, and the religious inquisitions of early modern Europe, citing the eerie resemblance in format, language, and imagery. Designed to win the hearts and minds of the masses, such public confessions—now enhanced by technology—continue as a means to legitimize those in power and to demonize "the enemy."



Tortured Confessions


Tortured Confessions
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Author : Ervand Abrahamian
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28

Tortured Confessions written by Ervand Abrahamian and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with History categories.


The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. His study is based on an extensive body of material, including Amnesty International reports, prison literature, and victims' accounts that together give the book a chilling immediacy. According to human rights organizations, Iran has been at the forefront of countries using systematic physical torture in recent years, especially for political prisoners. Is the government's goal to ensure social discipline? To obtain information? Neither seem likely, because torture is kept secret and victims are brutalized until something other than information is obtained: a public confession and ideological recantation. For the victim, whose honor, reputation, and self-respect are destroyed, the act is a form of suicide. In Iran a subject's "voluntary confession" reaches a huge audience via television. The accessibility of television and use of videotape have made such confessions a primary propaganda tool, says Abrahamian, and because torture is hidden from the public, the victim's confession appears to be self-motivated, increasing its value to the authorities. Abrahamian compares Iran's public recantations to campaigns in Maoist China, Stalinist Russia, and the religious inquisitions of early modern Europe, citing the eerie resemblance in format, language, and imagery. Designed to win the hearts and minds of the masses, such public confessions—now enhanced by technology—continue as a means to legitimize those in power and to demonize "the enemy."



Confessions At Any Cost


Confessions At Any Cost
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Author : Diederik Lohman
language : en
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Release Date : 1999

Confessions At Any Cost written by Diederik Lohman and has been published by Human Rights Watch this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.


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Confessions Of An Innocent Man


Confessions Of An Innocent Man
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Author : William Sampson
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Release Date : 2005

Confessions Of An Innocent Man written by William Sampson and has been published by McClelland & Stewart Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


"What was it that I did to survive? Where did those ideas come from? Where did I find the resolve to enact them? At the time of my release, I had no ready answers beyond that I did what seemed natural and necessary. In looking back, I realize that the peculiarities of my personality helped me to adopt strategies that allowed for the reclamation of my identity and my integrity while in the hands of barbarians. Yet what I did is neither remarkable nor courageous nor beyond the capabilities of any person that finds himself in similar circumstances. What I have come to believe is that there exists in all of us the potential to stand and fight and reclaim." — William Sampson On Sunday, December 17, 2000, Canadian engineer William Sampson stepped outside his house in Riyadh only to be hauled into a car and beaten by two Saudi men he didn’t know. Within an hour, he was incarcerated in one of the city’s most notorious jails. Within two months, he was tortured into a confession of responsibility for a wave of car bombings he did not commit. Sometime in that first year, he was sentenced to death in a secret trial. For two and a half years, Sampson was continually subjected to beatings and torture, convinced his death was just around the corner. Inept diplomacy failed him but human rights groups took up his cause and on August 8, 2003, he was finally freed in a controversial prisoner exchange. It wasn’t until February 2005 that Sampson’s name was officially cleared when a British inquest exonerated him of the crimes. Angry, intelligent, and compelling, Sampson places his personal story within the context of the geopolitics that engineered his fate, and in doing so has crafted a searing exposé of Western foreign policy in the Arab Middle East.



Confessions Of Guilt


Confessions Of Guilt
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Author : George C. Thomas III
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-13

Confessions Of Guilt written by George C. Thomas III and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-13 with Law categories.


How did the United States, a nation known for protecting the "right to remain silent" become notorious for condoning and using controversial tactics like water boarding and extraordinary rendition to extract information? What forces determine the laws that define acceptable interrogation techniques and how do they shift so quickly from one extreme to another? In Confessions of Guilt, esteemed scholars George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo tell the story of how, over the centuries, the law of interrogation has moved from indifference about extreme force to concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. The history of interrogation in the Anglo-American world, they reveal, has been a swinging pendulum rather than a gradual continuum of violence. Exploring a realist explanation of this pattern, Thomas and Leo demonstrate that the law of interrogation and the process of its enforcement are both inherently unstable and highly dependent on the perceived levels of threat felt by a society. Laws react to fear, they argue, and none more so than those that govern the treatment of suspected criminals. From England of the late eighteenth century to America at the dawn of the twenty-first, Confessions of Guilt traces the disturbing yet fascinating history of interrogation practices, new and old, and the laws that govern them. Thomas and Leo expertly explain the social dynamics that underpin the continual transformation of interrogation law and practice and look critically forward to what their future might hold.



Confessions Of A Tortured Soul


Confessions Of A Tortured Soul
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Author : Kenneth Tamara
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-05-21

Confessions Of A Tortured Soul written by Kenneth Tamara and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-21 with Religion categories.


"Confessions" is a compilation of poems, essays and proses revealing a journey of a soul in search of respite from inner turmoil and torture. A life plagued by addictions and abuse, crying out and searching for inner solace and peace, and the journey it took to find it.



Commandant Of Auschwitz


Commandant Of Auschwitz
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Author : Carlo Mattogno
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08-18

Commandant Of Auschwitz written by Carlo Mattogno and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-18 with Holocaust denial literature categories.


After the war, Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz, was captured, tortured and put on trial. This study analyzes all of Höss's post-war statements, checking them for internal consistency and comparing them with established historical facts.



Tortured Into Fake Confession


Tortured Into Fake Confession
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Author : Raymond B. Lech
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-09-29

Tortured Into Fake Confession written by Raymond B. Lech and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with History categories.


In 1952, during the Korean War, Colonel Frank H. Schwable became the second-highest-ranking officer held as a prisoner of war by the Communists. His captivity was marked by months of physical and psychological torture that resulted in a signed confession asserting that the United States had used germ warfare on Korean civilians. This serious allegation reverberated throughout the American media with devastating consequences to Col. Schwable’s reputation. Once he was released, an official Marine Corps inquiry was made into his false confession and uncovered the effect psychological torture had on a distinguished and decorated officer’s actions.



Dictionary Of Torture


Dictionary Of Torture
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Author : Nigette M. Spikes
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2015-01-07

Dictionary Of Torture written by Nigette M. Spikes and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-07 with History categories.


From ancient times to today, there is no question that torture has been an integral part of human history. From the world’s first documented society of Mesopotamia to the present day; from the famous to the most obscure; and from the Far East to the West and every society in between, the Dictionary of Torture shares fascinating facts on how torture and execution methods have been used throughout history. Nigette Spikes, a researcher and torture historian, relies on years of research to share a compilation of torture methods from around the world. Whether it was to punish criminals in Abu Gharib, extract confessions from accused witches of Salem, or for the sadistic pleasures of Vlad the Impaler, every alphabetical entry graphically describes a torture and its origins. From the fearsome breast ripper, the terrifying spiked collar, the pear of anguish, and the Judas cradle, Spikes reveals what went on in the dungeon of a medieval castle, how Inquisitioners extracted confessions from “sinners,” and what kind of tortures are still used today. Dictionary of Torture is a one-of-a-kind collection of torture facts that reveal detailed descriptions of methods and explore world history from the first documented society several millennia ago to present day.



Tortured In My Own Home


Tortured In My Own Home
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Author : Editors of True Story and True Confessio
language : en
Publisher: True Renditions
Release Date : 2014-08-11

Tortured In My Own Home written by Editors of True Story and True Confessio and has been published by True Renditions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-11 with categories.


Like the Three Musketeers, we played and pretended, but deep down we all know that two of us were being... tortured in our own home. This is the heartbreaking story of a brother and sister living with a mentally ill mother, whose destructive abuse threatens to destroy their lives. They escape reality and find solace with their beloved best friend, who sticks by them through all the ups and downs of their home life. Join them on their journey together through good times and bad, and find out what the future holds for these poor little souls. Excerpt He held me for a moment longer and I could feel his heart pounding as we stood in a long embrace. I felt that our two hearts were beating as one. Then, I stepped back, just outside the circle of his arms. I looked into his face and saw concern and compassion there. I wiped a shaking hand across my face. He reached up and brushed a tear from my cheek.