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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&amp;rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&amp;rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &amp;mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &amp;mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&amp;rsquo;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cautioned by history&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The practice of custodial power is about men &amp;mdash; and sometimes, women &amp;mdash; who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive&amp;rsquo;s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human &amp;ldquo;Gods&amp;rdquo; that rule mere humans. &amp;ldquo;They kill us for their sport,&amp;rdquo; Shakespeare said of &amp;ldquo;the Gods&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial death, when not &amp;lsquo;natural&amp;rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &amp;lsquo;due process&amp;rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Greece, the pinnacle of culture, Socrates was in 399 BCE sentenced to death by hemlock, which was known to act slowly, incapacitating the person in stages, climbing from the lower extremities limb by limb to the heart. A little further to the east, around 30 CE took place what is ironically the only hallowed case of plain torture. After being stripped and scourged, the victim&amp;rsquo;s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs, were nailed to the cross&amp;rsquo;s horizontal beam, his feet to the vertical. &amp;ldquo;I thirst,&amp;rdquo; Mary&amp;rsquo;s son said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won&amp;rsquo;t hurt long, he said. Peering down the &amp;lsquo;drop&amp;rsquo;, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. &amp;ldquo;She makes a good bow,&amp;rdquo; the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hitler&amp;rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&amp;rsquo;s, Pol Pot&amp;rsquo;s, &amp;lsquo;Papa Doc&amp;rsquo; Duvalier&amp;rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&amp;rsquo;s, creed&amp;rsquo;s or culture&amp;rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-importance-of-being-humane/article26314666.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&amp;rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&amp;rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &amp;mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &amp;mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&amp;rsquo;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cautioned by history&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The practice of custodial power is about men &amp;mdash; and sometimes, women &amp;mdash; who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive&amp;rsquo;s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human &amp;ldquo;Gods&amp;rdquo; that rule mere humans. &amp;ldquo;They kill us for their sport,&amp;rdquo; Shakespeare said of &amp;ldquo;the Gods&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial death, when not &amp;lsquo;natural&amp;rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &amp;lsquo;due process&amp;rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won&amp;rsquo;t hurt long, he said. Peering down the &amp;lsquo;drop&amp;rsquo;, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. &amp;ldquo;She makes a good bow,&amp;rdquo; the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hitler&amp;rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&amp;rsquo;s, Pol Pot&amp;rsquo;s, &amp;lsquo;Papa Doc&amp;rsquo; Duvalier&amp;rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&amp;rsquo;s, creed&amp;rsquo;s or culture&amp;rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme

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&lt;em&gt;Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&amp;rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&amp;rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &amp;mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &amp;mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&amp;rsquo;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cautioned by history&lt;br /&gt;
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So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial death, when not &amp;lsquo;natural&amp;rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &amp;lsquo;due process&amp;rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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-The Hindu&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&amp;rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&amp;rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &amp;mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &amp;mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&amp;rsquo;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cautioned by history&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The practice of custodial power is about men &amp;mdash; and sometimes, women &amp;mdash; who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive&amp;rsquo;s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human &amp;ldquo;Gods&amp;rdquo; that rule mere humans. &amp;ldquo;They kill us for their sport,&amp;rdquo; Shakespeare said of &amp;ldquo;the Gods&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial death, when not &amp;lsquo;natural&amp;rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &amp;lsquo;due process&amp;rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Greece, the pinnacle of culture, Socrates was in 399 BCE sentenced to death by hemlock, which was known to act slowly, incapacitating the person in stages, climbing from the lower extremities limb by limb to the heart. A little further to the east, around 30 CE took place what is ironically the only hallowed case of plain torture. After being stripped and scourged, the victim&amp;rsquo;s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs, were nailed to the cross&amp;rsquo;s horizontal beam, his feet to the vertical. &amp;ldquo;I thirst,&amp;rdquo; Mary&amp;rsquo;s son said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won&amp;rsquo;t hurt long, he said. Peering down the &amp;lsquo;drop&amp;rsquo;, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. &amp;ldquo;She makes a good bow,&amp;rdquo; the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hitler&amp;rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&amp;rsquo;s, Pol Pot&amp;rsquo;s, &amp;lsquo;Papa Doc&amp;rsquo; Duvalier&amp;rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&amp;rsquo;s, creed&amp;rsquo;s or culture&amp;rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-importance-of-being-humane/article26314666.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&amp;rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&amp;rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &amp;mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &amp;mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&amp;rsquo;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cautioned by history&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial death, when not &amp;lsquo;natural&amp;rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &amp;lsquo;due process&amp;rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Hitler&amp;rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&amp;rsquo;s, Pol Pot&amp;rsquo;s, &amp;lsquo;Papa Doc&amp;rsquo; Duvalier&amp;rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&amp;rsquo;s, creed&amp;rsquo;s or culture&amp;rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme&lt;br /&gt;
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Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&amp;rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&amp;rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &amp;mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &amp;mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&amp;rsquo;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cautioned by history&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Custodial death, when not &amp;lsquo;natural&amp;rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &amp;lsquo;due process&amp;rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme

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                <div align="justify">-The Hindu<br /><br /><em>Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme<br /></em><br />Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&rsquo;s heart.<br /><em><br />Cautioned by history<br /></em><br />So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.<br /><br />The practice of custodial power is about men &mdash; and sometimes, women &mdash; who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive&rsquo;s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human &ldquo;Gods&rdquo; that rule mere humans. &ldquo;They kill us for their sport,&rdquo; Shakespeare said of &ldquo;the Gods&rdquo;.<br /><br />Custodial death, when not &lsquo;natural&rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &lsquo;due process&rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.<br /><br />In Greece, the pinnacle of culture, Socrates was in 399 BCE sentenced to death by hemlock, which was known to act slowly, incapacitating the person in stages, climbing from the lower extremities limb by limb to the heart. A little further to the east, around 30 CE took place what is ironically the only hallowed case of plain torture. After being stripped and scourged, the victim&rsquo;s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs, were nailed to the cross&rsquo;s horizontal beam, his feet to the vertical. &ldquo;I thirst,&rdquo; Mary&rsquo;s son said.<br /><br />Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won&rsquo;t hurt long, he said. Peering down the &lsquo;drop&rsquo;, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. &ldquo;She makes a good bow,&rdquo; the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave.<br /><br />Hitler&rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&rsquo;s, Pol Pot&rsquo;s, &lsquo;Papa Doc&rsquo; Duvalier&rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.<br /><br />Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime.<br /><br />The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&rsquo;s, creed&rsquo;s or culture&rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-importance-of-being-humane/article26314666.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-importance-of-being-humane/article26314666.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
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-The Hindu<br />
<br />
<em>Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme<br />
</em><br />
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&rsquo;s heart.<br />
<em><br />
Cautioned by history<br />
</em><br />
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.<br />
<br />
The practice of custodial power is about men &mdash; and sometimes, women &mdash; who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive&rsquo;s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human &ldquo;Gods&rdquo; that rule mere humans. &ldquo;They kill us for their sport,&rdquo; Shakespeare said of &ldquo;the Gods&rdquo;.<br />
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Custodial death, when not &lsquo;natural&rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &lsquo;due process&rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.<br />
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In Greece, the pinnacle of culture, Socrates was in 399 BCE sentenced to death by hemlock, which was known to act slowly, incapacitating the person in stages, climbing from the lower extremities limb by limb to the heart. A little further to the east, around 30 CE took place what is ironically the only hallowed case of plain torture. After being stripped and scourged, the victim&rsquo;s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs, were nailed to the cross&rsquo;s horizontal beam, his feet to the vertical. &ldquo;I thirst,&rdquo; Mary&rsquo;s son said.<br />
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Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won&rsquo;t hurt long, he said. Peering down the &lsquo;drop&rsquo;, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. &ldquo;She makes a good bow,&rdquo; the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave.<br />
<br />
Hitler&rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&rsquo;s, Pol Pot&rsquo;s, &lsquo;Papa Doc&rsquo; Duvalier&rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.<br />
<br />
Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime.<br />
<br />
The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&rsquo;s, creed&rsquo;s or culture&rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.<br />
<br />
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Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme

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-The Hindu<br />
<br />
<em>Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme<br />
</em><br />
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China&rsquo;s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan&rsquo;s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans &mdash; prisoners, mainly Chinese &mdash; in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one&rsquo;s heart.<br />
<em><br />
Cautioned by history<br />
</em><br />
So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control.<br />
<br />
The practice of custodial power is about men &mdash; and sometimes, women &mdash; who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive&rsquo;s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human &ldquo;Gods&rdquo; that rule mere humans. &ldquo;They kill us for their sport,&rdquo; Shakespeare said of &ldquo;the Gods&rdquo;.<br />
<br />
Custodial death, when not &lsquo;natural&rsquo;, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding &lsquo;due process&rsquo;, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game.<br />
<br />
In Greece, the pinnacle of culture, Socrates was in 399 BCE sentenced to death by hemlock, which was known to act slowly, incapacitating the person in stages, climbing from the lower extremities limb by limb to the heart. A little further to the east, around 30 CE took place what is ironically the only hallowed case of plain torture. After being stripped and scourged, the victim&rsquo;s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs, were nailed to the cross&rsquo;s horizontal beam, his feet to the vertical. &ldquo;I thirst,&rdquo; Mary&rsquo;s son said.<br />
<br />
Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won&rsquo;t hurt long, he said. Peering down the &lsquo;drop&rsquo;, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. &ldquo;She makes a good bow,&rdquo; the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave.<br />
<br />
Hitler&rsquo;s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin&rsquo;s, Pol Pot&rsquo;s, &lsquo;Papa Doc&rsquo; Duvalier&rsquo;s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real.<br />
<br />
Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime.<br />
<br />
The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country&rsquo;s, creed&rsquo;s or culture&rsquo;s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-importance-of-being-humane/article26314666.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme

Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through...'
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The importance of being humane -Gopalkrishna Gandhi

-The Hindu Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China’s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan’s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans — prisoners, mainly Chinese — in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one’s heart. Cautioned by history So, does that mean sadism is an inherent part of human nature? It certainly shows that the inflicting of pain is an inseparable part of human history. More specifically, the history of power, of authority and control. The practice of custodial power is about men — and sometimes, women — who are in positions of power, even if for a brief while and over a limited terrain, having custody over a powerless person. It is about the use of custodial opportunity to torture the captive’s body and mind. And there, in that arena of wantonness, it becomes something of a sport for the human “Gods” that rule mere humans. “They kill us for their sport,” Shakespeare said of “the Gods”. Custodial death, when not ‘natural’, is the extreme end-point of custodial torture. The death penalty, notwithstanding ‘due process’, is a close kin to this lawless and heartless game. In Greece, the pinnacle of culture, Socrates was in 399 BCE sentenced to death by hemlock, which was known to act slowly, incapacitating the person in stages, climbing from the lower extremities limb by limb to the heart. A little further to the east, around 30 CE took place what is ironically the only hallowed case of plain torture. After being stripped and scourged, the victim’s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs, were nailed to the cross’s horizontal beam, his feet to the vertical. “I thirst,” Mary’s son said. Torturers are invariably sadists. Mary Surratt is not a well-known name. She was the first woman to be hanged in the U.S., in 1865, under due process. Her crime: being part of the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Minutes before her end, she complained to the hangman that her handcuffs hurt. They won’t hurt long, he said. Peering down the ‘drop’, she then said she hoped they would send her down neatly. Sure thing, they said. Sure enough they botched it. Her frame doubled up. “She makes a good bow,” the hangmen jested. Lincoln must have screamed in his grave. Hitler’s torturing of his prisoners would shame Satan, if such a creature exists. He was as real as his poison gases, tooth-extractors. Stalin’s, Pol Pot’s, ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier’s examples would have embarrassed Hell, if such a place exists. The power-centres of these tyrants were hellishly real. Apartheid South Africa had its torturers trained in Algeria to inflict pain without leaving any signs on the body. Imam Haron, Steve Biko and the Naidoo family are among the better known of the many less known and unknown brutalised by the apartheid regime. The butchering last October of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells us custodial torture and killing are no country’s, creed’s or culture’s monopoly. Nor that of any clime-time. Torture seems to be, like the roach, co-terminus with Time. And co-extensive with homo sapiens. Please click here to read more.