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Rwandan military used electric shock to force confessions from people

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Rwandan military used electric shock to force confessions from people

A new report by Amnesty International states that Rwandan military used electric shock to force confessions from people. Electric shocks are used as a method of torture, since the received voltage and current can be controlled with precision and used to cause pain and fear without physically harming the victim's body.

"I was taken to another office. Everyone was there when they put this electric thing
on my back and forced me to accept that I worked with the people throwing the
grenades […] When I got to the point of dying, I told them to bring me a piece of
paper [to sign], but they continued to torture me", said one detainee.

Another man described being subjected to an electric shock during an interrogation.

"There are other rooms where they put you and you lose your memory. They ask you
a question and when you find yourself again they ask you a question. When you
return to normal, they sting you […] The electric thing they use is like a pen and
they put it under your arms. It is like charcoal. When they sting you, all your body is
electrolyzed and the entire body is paralyzed" (source:http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR47/004/2012/en/ca2e51a2-1c3f-4bb4-b7b9-e44ccbb2b8de/afr470042012en.pdf).

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Former detainees at Camp Kami and Mukamira military camp allege that they had been

forced to confess to crimes or to sign statements under duress due to beatings or other forms
of torture.

See video: Rwandan civilians tortured into making false confessions, says Amnestyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND_zNvgIlBk