Citation

Beynon J. Torture 2012; 22(Suppl 1): 25-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22948400

Abstract

The article will give a brief introduction to what we understand by the term Asphyxiation. The main focus will then turn to how Asphyxiation is used as a method of torture, (often euphemistically called a "method of interrogation") with an overview of wet methods such as immersion in water or the pouring of water over the mouth and nose, and dry methods such as the use of bags/sacks/masks and how exacerbating factors such as the use of contaminants or irritants are used. The recently published International Forensic Expert Group Statement on Hooding1 will be introduced and the notion will be explored that during socalled 'enhanced interrogation' asphyxiation or drowning can be "simulated."

Language: en