But he had hardly moved at all when Don Quixote lost his footing; and slipping off the saddle, he would have come to the ground, but for being suspended by the arm, which caused him such agony that he believed either his wrist would be cut through or his arm torn off; and he hung so near the ground that he could just touch it with his feet, which was all the worse for him; for, finding how little was wanted to enable him to plant his feet firmly, he struggled and stretched himself as much as he could to gain a footing; just like those undergoing the torture of the strappado, when they are fixed at "touch and no touch," who aggravate their own sufferings by their violent efforts to stretch themselves, deceived by the hope which makes them fancy that with a very little more they will reach the ground. Part of the 'fun" was man hanged on mobile rack with hooks passed through his skin. This ritual torture lasted for few hours. The camp was established in It was located north of Berlin, which gave it a primary position among the German concentration camps: the administrative centre of all concentration camps was located in Oranienburg, and Sachsenhausen became a training centre for Schutzstaffel SS officers who would often be sent to oversee other camps afterwards. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially those that were Soviet Prisoners of War. Some Jews were executed at Sachsenhausen and many died there, the Jewish inmates of the camp were relocated to Auschwitz in Sachsenhausen was not intended as an extermination camp — instead, the systematic mass murder of Jews was conducted in camps to the east.
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The strappado , also known as corda , [1] is a form of torture wherein the victim's hands are tied behind their back and suspended by a rope attached to the wrists, typically resulting in dislocated shoulders. Other names for strappado include "reverse hanging" and "Palestinian hanging" despite there being no reported evidence by human rights monitors of its use by Palestinians, or by Israel against Palestinians [6] [7] [8] and il tormento della corda. John at the Castellania in Valletta , Malta. The proper strappado causes permanent visible damage. There are three variants of this torture. In the first, victims have their arms tied behind their backs; a large rope is then tied to the wrists and passed over a pulley , beam , or a hook on the roof. The torturer pulls on this rope until the victim is hanging from the arms. Since the hands are tied behind the victim's back, this will cause a very intense pain and possible dislocation of the arms. While the technique shows no external injuries, it can cause long-term nerve , ligament , or tendon damage. The technique typically causes brachial plexus injury , leading to paralysis or loss of sensation in the arms.
Having worked alongside the elite Emergency Response Division ERD in Iraq, freelance photographer Ali Arkady documented how, in their battle against jihadists, Iraqi security forces resorted to the very tactics that are comparable to the brutal practices of their nemesis, IS. In one instance, the soldiers were torturing a man whose sons were suspected of working with IS in what is known as the strappado. Horrendous images show the detainee hanged by his arms to the ceiling, blindfolded, with officers standing next to him — and adding weights to his back to intensify the agony. The gruesome scenes are reminiscent of the notorious Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, some human rights organizations have noted. There is a lot of violation of law, crimes are taken place in Mosul by both sides. What has been captured by the freelance photographer could possibly also cast a shadow on Washington and other members of the US-led coalition in the Middle East, according to HRW. After the disturbing images were made public, the Iraqi interior minister ordered an investigation into the matter, although its impartiality has already been questioned.
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