Waterboarding is a form of torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the person to experience the sensation of drowning. In the most common method of waterboarding, the captive's face is covered with cloth or some other thin material and immobilized on their back at ...

2025年1月31日 · Waterboarding, method of torture in which water is poured into the nose and mouth of a victim who lies on his back on an inclined platform, with his feet above his head. It produces extreme physical suffering and an uncontrollable feeling of panic and terror, usually within seconds.

2007年11月28日 · Waterboarding, or "water torture," is a brutal practice whereby an interrogator straps a prisoner to a board, places a wet rag in his mouth, and by pouring water through the rag induces controlled drowning.

2024年3月7日 · In October 2007, Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey drew criticism for his refusal to characterize water boarding, a controversial interrogation technique considered by many to be illegal, as torture.. Mukasey, a retired federal judge nominated by President Bush, dodged the question in his confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, stating …

2024年5月23日 · Waterboarding is a form of torture in which water is used to create a feeling of asphyxiation. Though waterboarding is illegal in...

2007年11月3日 · Waterboarding moved underground, but did not disappear by any means. In fact, it has experienced something of a revival in the 20th century.

2025年1月16日 · Waterboarding is a method of torture that is absolutely prohibited by international human rights law and has been denounced through the ages. Waterboarding involves simulating the sense of drowning. A person is strapped to a board, often upside down, with their mouth gagged by a cloth.

2017年1月27日 · Now known colloquially as waterboarding, the tactic has hopscotched across conflicts and cultures. Once again, it has made the leap from medieval parchments to TV screens, as President Trump ...

ON “WATERBOARDING”: LEGAL INTERPRETATION AND THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Daniel Kanstroom* Abstract: While some aspects of the “waterboarding” debate are largely political, the practice also implicates deeply normative underpinnings of human rights and law. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has steadfastly

#5 WATERBOARDING. WHAT IS WATERBOARDING? Waterboarding is one of the oldest and most rec-ognized forms of torture (1). Waterboarding is when an individual is restrained to a board or ta-ble, a cloth is placed over the mouth and nose and water is poured over the cloth blocking off the flow of air (2,3). This method of torture may be referred