The Roman Inquisition used torture as an interrogation technique. Those are overlapping categories and can both apply to the same thing separately. And I sincerely doubt that it’s autism that’s giving you so much trouble here
The 5 Techniques were standard British military interrogation methods. There was public outcry after they were used in Northern Ireland in the 70s and were then banned and made illegal.
They were then reclassified as torture by the echr in 1976. That was appealed, successfully, and classified as not torture in 1978
The UN classified them as torture in 1984.
So, the UK did not use torture to control the strait of Hormuz, but did use those techniques illegally in Northern Ireland.
huf@hexbear.net 21 hours ago
autism makes you rush to defend past torture done by the UK? weird.
deHaga@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
The headline is wrong. They used interrogation techniques.
huf@hexbear.net 21 hours ago
oh wow, you’re going with the “enhanced interrogation” bullshit? how’s it feel to be a torture defender?
deHaga@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
I’m not defending anything.
nohaybanda@hexbear.net 21 hours ago
The Roman Inquisition used torture as an interrogation technique. Those are overlapping categories and can both apply to the same thing separately. And I sincerely doubt that it’s autism that’s giving you so much trouble here
deHaga@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
The 5 Techniques were standard British military interrogation methods. There was public outcry after they were used in Northern Ireland in the 70s and were then banned and made illegal.
They were then reclassified as torture by the echr in 1976. That was appealed, successfully, and classified as not torture in 1978
The UN classified them as torture in 1984.
So, the UK did not use torture to control the strait of Hormuz, but did use those techniques illegally in Northern Ireland.