TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Bodily evidence can reveal torture. 5-year experience of torture documentation
JO  - Lakartidningen
A1  - Edston, E.
SP  - 628
EP  - 631
VL  - 96
IS  - 6
N2  - At the Centre for Torture and Trauma Survivors in Stockholm, 201 subjects from 34 countries were documented during a period of five years. Torture reports differed little between individuals from the same countries or regions, regarding methods and circumstances. Africans from Uganda (n = 22) reported brutal torture and manifested extensive scarring (mean number of scars, 20; range 4-65), whereas subjects from Syria (n = 28) reported falaka (i.e., bastinade), whipping and suspension, but manifested few or no scars (mean number 5, range 0-17). Of the subjects examined, 17% were women, of whom 79% reported having been raped during torture. Chronic back pain was the most common complaint at the time of examination. Correlation was found to exist between sexual torture and genito-urinary symptoms, bastinade and neural symptoms, and electrical torture and symptoms from the joints and gastro-intestinal tract. Severity of physical torture was a correlate of post-traumatic stress disorder. However, the forensic report had no effect on the verdict of immigration authorities regarding individual asylum applications.<p /> <p>Language: sv</p>
LA  - sv
SN  - 0023-7205
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -