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U.N. Committee Against Torture: Tasering is a “Form of Torture”

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2008 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News October, 2008, page 36
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, International, Prisoners-International. Location: United States of America.

by Matt Clarke

On November 23, 2007, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concluded that using the Taser X-26 electric stun gun is a “form of torture” that “can even provoke death.” CAT is charged with overseeing the application of the U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman …

 

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