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Re:U.S. teenager tortured in Kuwait and barred re-entry into... by binbasti on Saturday January 08, 2011 @04:56AM (#2082769)
According to the UN, torture is "... any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person ...".

It seems this is very much the case here.

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Re:U.S. teenager tortured in Kuwait and barred re-entry into... by sliverstorm on Saturday January 08, 2011 @05:19AM (#2082790)
from that defenition it sounds like any form of violence is torture.
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Re:U.S. teenager tortured in Kuwait and barred re-entry into... by norswap on Saturday January 08, 2011 @05:24AM (#2082795)
Torture is violence on a detainee.
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