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Can a novel scientific method provide evidence of torture?
By Paula Suárez-López How can torture survivors prove that they have been tortured when there are no physical marks left in their bodies? During the last decades, torturers are increasingly using psychological torture and physical torture methods that hardly leave any visible physical sign. Prolonged solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, positional stress, constant loud noise and … Continue reading Can a novel scientific method provide evidence of torture?