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		binbasti on Jan 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. teenager tortured in Kuwait and barred re-ent... According to the UN, torture is "... any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person ...". It seems this is very much the case here.

sliverstorm on Jan 8, 2011 [–]

from that defenition it sounds like any form of violence is torture.

norswap on Jan 8, 2011 | [–]

Torture is violence on a detainee.

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