Previously secret military files reveal links between the use of torture by British forces in Oman and Northern Ireland during the 1970s.

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          24 days ago

          The article is about interrogation techniques that were not torture at the time and now are.

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            24 days ago

            the article is about instances of torture and how their legal category has changed in the torturer country

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                  So it wasn’t torture, then it became torture? Seems contradictory. Perhaps you should stick to the legal definition of the time, otherwise it makes discussing the subject impossible.