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Music and sound have been usually used as part of a combination of interrogation methods, today recognized by international bodies as amounting to torture. Attacking all senses without leaving any visible traces, they have formed the basis of the widely discussed torture in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib .
Feb 8, 2019 · The ability to cause great pain – and humiliation. Music has been used as a means of torture throughout history, as it has the ability to cause us great pain, said Morag Josephine...
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- "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem. Binyam Mohamed suffered Eminem's "Slim Shady" for 20 days. "I heard this nonstop over and over," he reportedly told Clive Stafford Smith, his lawyer and the founder and director of Reprieve, a U.K-based organization determined to end music torture practices.
- “Take Your Best Shot” by Dope. British citizen Ruhal Ahmed described the process in a 2008 interview with Reprieve investigators: "I can bear being beaten up, it's not a problem.
- "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera. Mohammed al Qahtani, the alleged 20th hijacker of the 9/11 attacks, reportedly received this torture as part of a much larger "musical theme" set up for him.
- "Zikrayati (My Memories)" by Mohamed el-Qasabgi. As part of the "bad Muslim" theme, interrogators sometimes used more familiar music, hoping to exploit Muslim cultural taboos and guilt involved with enjoying music on certain ascetic holy days.
May 30, 2017 · The United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights have banned the use of loud music in interrogations. The human rights group Amnesty International counts it as a method of torture.
Jan 20, 2015 · Sound torture is a type of psychological warfare used to break the will of prisoners using loud music or white noise. While many of us use music to escape or even center ourselves, it can also be used as an instrument of torture under the right conditions.
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Jun 27, 2016 · From trumpets at the walls of Jericho to pop songs as torture in the Iraq War, sound can make a powerful weapon.
Dec 11, 2014 · The long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee torture report that was released to the public on Tuesday revealed some horrible physical torture performed by the CIA — waterboarding, sleep...
