Severe Torture is a Dutch death metal band, formed in 1997 by drummer Seth van de Loo, bassist Patrick Boleij and guitarist Thijs van Laarhoven. The band...

Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for...

especially severe form of torture. The first known waterboarding has been attested to have taken place in 1516 in Graz, Austria. Chinese water torture or a...

Breast torture (also called breast play, nipple torture or tit torture) is a BDSM activity in which sexual stimulation is provided through the intentional...

A whirligig is a punitive or torture contraption comprising a suspended cage-like device. The victim would be placed in the cage, which was spun violently...

Chinese water torture or a "dripping machine" is a mentally painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for...

statute". It concludes that torture is only: extreme acts according to the United Nations Convention against Torture; that severe pain (a requisite for this...

confinement / isolation Threat of severe disfigurement Tickle torture Waterboarding White room torture Acid attack Bamboo torture (Use disputed) Bastinado Birching...

According to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, torture is defined as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental,...

Psychological torture or mental torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects, and only secondarily on any physical harm...