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«in general, the way people are treated in prisons after they are convicted and in particular, those sentenced to death.»
«The practice of torture, though on decline particularly in urban areas, remains widespread in China.»
«I think that described very, very well the situation. You get very, very weak because of not being able to move, and being in this particular position, of course, your whole body starts hurting. He endured it, but he felt, and I would agree, that this was torture.»
«There was frequent surveillance of my interviews that I had outside prison with victims' family members.»
«Fact-finding on the spot has to include interviews with detainees. What's the sense of going to a detention facility and doing fact-finding when you can't speak to the detainees? It's just nonsense.»
«We very, very carefully considered all of the arguments posed by the US government. There are no conclusions that are easily drawn. But we concluded that the situation in several areas violates international law and conventions on human rights and torture.»
«Among them is that prisoners are exposed to extreme temperatures, or long detention in isolation.»
«In forced feeding of hunger-strikers, if the accusations are true, the ways and means reach the level of torture.»
«We want to have all information about secret places of detention because whenever there is a secret place of detention, there is also a higher risk that people are subjected to torture.»
«Either they should be released or brought before an independent court in the U.S. or in the country of origin to be judged there.»