Sentence examples for examples of torture from inspiring English sources

Gives several examples of torture endured by individuals.

Some Americans believe the United States has no moral authority on the subject and give recent examples of torture and renditions to make that point.

In fact, some of the most egregious examples of torture inflicted upon Palestinian detainees have been carried out by the PA itself; multiple deaths have been reported as a result.

Human rights activists said Mr. Salazar's descriptions of his ordeal, which were verified by doctors, may represent the worst example of torture in Peru in at least two years.

(Seitz) 'CAPTIVITY' (R, 98 minutes) This latest example of torture as entertainment uses the abduction and abuse of a vain supermodel (Elisha Cuthbert) to remind us that attractive women need to be kept in their place.

Connie's degrading treatment in Baghdad is the most extreme example of torture, but strains of the same cruelty can be found in the deliberate abuse of an old woman with Alzheimer's disease and in the wounding rumors about Jess that are spread by the villagers.

When we discussed the right to be free from torture, I asked the students if they could think of an example of torture.

And, of course, what cannot be ignored now is that most people are well aware that, in the case of Abu Ghraib for example, those acts of torture were hardly random events.

Rather it is the trivialisation of the core rights by expansion that is the object of their attack, those referred to by Lord Hoffman for example: the invocation of "torture" in relation to smacking or the appeal to fair trial rights by speeding drivers.

US Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia has used Jack as an example of the necessity of torture to save people's lives, arguing that "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles, he saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

Before turning in detail to the arguments on this issue, let us consider some putative examples of the justified use of torture.