Chinese Torture Methods
Sleep deprivation, pulled-out fingernails, shock, beatings and burning are among the torture methods still used in China, according to the Guardian. Torture is a part of regular legal proceedings in China and is often used to gain confessions from the victims, according to Chinese legal expert Chen Yunsheng.
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Squatting
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The victim is forced to squat for a very long period. He can use his hands to prop himself up, but eventually blood blisters form. Other prisoners are often told to monitor the torture, but if they allow the victim to rest, that observing prisoner is punished. Squatting is accompanied by sleep deprivation. Whenever the victim falls over, they have to assume the squat again. If the victim collapses, they might be ordered to squat for a new period of time.
Forced Feeding
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When a prisoner protests an unjust arrest or treatment, he sometimes participates in a hunger strike. He is often punished by being force-fed, not for nourishment, but to be taught a lesson. Guards insert a tube through the nose and then into the stomach before food or feces is pumped in. The tube is then taken out and reinserted repetitively. Some victims die because of this, likely because their blood becomes aspirated.
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Bamboo
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Bamboo sticks are hammered into the prisoner's fingertips. While hammering, the fingernail can become completely torn off. A guard hammers a bamboo into a single finger, but if information can't be gleaned from the prisoner, or he doesn't renounce his beliefs, the guard then hammers the bamboo into additional fingers. The nerves underneath the fingernails are extremely sensitive and the hammering causes excruciating pain.
Arm Twist
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Guards moves the prisoner's arm behind his back and twists it. The prisoner's face is then pushed into human feces. His hair to pulled and his head is banged against the wall. This method is often used to get a prisoner to confess his name and address.
Compartment
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The prisoner is put into a cage that is shorter than he is. The cage isn't long or wide enough to allow the prisoner to lay down. The entire cage is tightly sealed and little to no light enters. Some prisoners are locked up for 120 days.
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References
- Internationale Gesellshaft for Menschenrechte: Common Methods of Torture and Abuse in the People's Republic of China
- Clear Harmony: Thirteen Methods of Torture Used in Today's China
- Francesfarmersrevenge.com: Torture Methods
- Guardian: Torture Still Widespread in China, Says UN Investigator; Jonathan Watts; Dec. 3, 2005
