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

    • deHaga@feddit.uk
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      20 days ago

      Laws literally define what torture is. How could it be enforced otherwise? How could they create coercive techniques that avoided it being torture?

      • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        20 days ago

        no, the word torture has a meaning independent of the laws of the day. it’s been fairly stable for a long time.

        also, why do they need to create “coercive techniques” (methods of torture)?