I wonder if any criminal experiences this kind of 'torture' at the point of arresting. For example, handcuffing could qualify in both 'physical' and 'mental' categories. Also, it seems that any 'punishment' is a 'torture'. Advocating for centencing by Canadian court to incarceration in Canadian jail could mean supporting another kind of the torture. The only way, you and your ilk would be happy is an unconditional freedom for any terrosist suspect.

>This is a definition of torture that I pretty much agree on:
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>Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture
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>There's icons at the bottom of the message window if you want to go back at previous messages. It realy annoy me when I have to scroll down 3 pages worth of text just to see a "thank you" at the end.
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>The video was taken when he was 15. So yes, he gets my sympathies as a "tortured child".
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>>Firstly, we have a bit different definition of 'torture'. Second issue is even more interesting. You cut off the start of the thread with your vivid description of the case. It took out one detail: the guy was caught at the age of 15 and spent 6 years in the camp. Does it mean that he is 21 now, and still gets your sympathies as a 'tortured child'?