Torture has been internationally prohibited since 1948 , but that does not imply that there are countries that still exercise it. Chinese torture has long been methods used in the Asian country that have been passed down through generations. Methods that were used to obtain confessions from prisoners using very particular, painful and inhumane torture techniques.
Today, according to a 2015 Amnesty International report, torture remains common in the Chinese penal system to extract forced confessions from prisoners. What methods are the most famous of Chinese torture?
Tiger bench
It is one of the best known Chinese forms of torture and, according to Amnesty International denounced in recent years, is still being used in some prisons in the Asian country.
The Tiger Bench is a torture that consists of tying the legs of the victim to a bench with force. Bricks are gradually added to the legs causing the legs to bend forward.
Gout
The Gota is another of the classic Chinese torture methods that exist and that were transferred to Europe years ago. It is a psychological practice that was practiced in ancient times and that consists of immobilizing a subject and laying him on his back.
Once positioned, a drop of water will fall on the subject’s head every few seconds. This type of torture takes effect a few hours after it begins, and the victim begins to feel an unusual headache . According to the data on this type of practice, the purpose was none other than the victim losing his mind, causing many of them to die from cardiac arrest.
Other modern methods
Chinese torture has evolved but the Asian country continues to be the subject of much criticism for using this type of method against prisoners.
During the years that the Communist Party has been in power they have devised many torture methods mainly to make their opponents change their minds, or make them change their religion through these methods.
For example, many of the victims who have reported Chinese torture speak of brick torture , referring to a method by which victims are tied by the hands and bricks are hung around their necks for hours.
Other modern methods target the inhalation of toxic gases, the so-called deathbed or stretch torture.
