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A glimpse of hell : reports on torture worldwide / edited by Duncan Forrest for Amnesty International.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: HV8593 .G58 1996

Overview

Format: Book
Published: New York : New York University Press ; England : Amnesty International, 1996
Contents: Law and torture / Andrew McEntee
Torture through the ages / Duncan Forrest
Amnesty International's anti-torture campaigns / Eric Prokosch
Custodial confinement, interrogation, and coerced confessions / Gisli Gudjonsson
Torture worldwide / Mike Jempson
Torturers / Felicity de Zulueta
Methods of torture and its effects / Duncan Forrest
Agencies involved / Mike Jempson
New trade in technologies of restraint and electroshock / Steve Wright
Treatment of survivors of torture / John Denford
Documentation of torture / Duncan Forrest, Bernard Knight, and Morris Tidball-Binz
Women, children, and the family / Gill Hinshelwood
Torture : what can be done? / Piet van Reenen and Dan Jones.
Other Authors/Editors: Forrest, Duncan.
Amnesty International.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Law and torture / Andrew McEntee -- Torture through the ages / Duncan Forrest -- Amnesty International's anti-torture campaigns / Eric Prokosch -- Custodial confinement, interrogation, and coerced confessions / Gisli Gudjonsson -- Torture worldwide / Mike Jempson -- Torturers / Felicity de Zulueta -- Methods of torture and its effects / Duncan Forrest -- Agencies involved / Mike Jempson -- New trade in technologies of restraint and electroshock / Steve Wright -- Treatment of survivors of torture / John Denford -- Documentation of torture / Duncan Forrest, Bernard Knight, and Morris Tidball-Binz -- Women, children, and the family / Gill Hinshelwood -- Torture : what can be done? / Piet van Reenen and Dan Jones.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 0814726658
0814726666
Physical Description: x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Torture. Torture victims. Political persecution. Human rights.

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