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Slashdot | UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture

Slashdot | UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture
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UN: "Taser is torture"

In November 2007, the United Nations Committee against Torture stated "the use of the taser ... weapons provoking extreme pain constituted a form of torture, and in certain cases it could also cause death, as shown by several reliable studies and by certain cases that happened after practical use"

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