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U.N. Committee Against Torture: Tasering is a “Form of Torture”

by Matt Clarke

On November 23, 2007, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concluded that using the Taser X-26 electric stun gun is a “form of torture” that “can even provoke death.” CAT is charged with overseeing the application of the U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman ...

 

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