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Interrogation chairs 'padded for comfort', claims Chinese official as Beijing denies torturing or holding political prisoners | South China Morning Post
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Medieval Torture Museum - HANGING BY THE RIBS Hanging by the ribs is a form of execution performed by inserting a sharpened hook into the side of the condemned so that it
Medieval Torture Museum - HANGING Hanging, execution or murder by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose. The traditional method of execution involves suspending victims from a gallows or crossbeam
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