The treatment of prisoners of war in the pacific was extremely unfair and unjust. ... This was the first step towards the terrible treatment that many prisoners would be forced to endure during the Second World War. ... This was because of the extreme cruelty and inhumane treatment that their prisoners of war received. ... Conversely, the treatment of prisoners of war in North America was much more humane, more specifically in Canada. ... The treatment of these prisoners in Japan is a prime example of how destructive and awful war can actually be....

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Among many of those subjected to "not torture" are innocent people with little to no information who still get the same treatment as those with reliable intelligence (Weiner). ... The use of dogs, annoying music, humiliation, sleep deprivation, etc. are all forms of illegal torture used by Interrogation officials.The use of torture is a violation of Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which provide that no one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatments or punis...

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The patients or their relatives may ask a doctor to withhold treatment and let them die. ... Legalizing euthanasia would save substantial financial resources which could be diverted to more "useful" treatments. ... The treatment's worse than the disease. ... In fact, it's downright inhumane. ... In the case of the terminally ill, that means people have the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment when it's apparent to them that all the treatment is doing is destroying their dignity, and reducing them to some subhuman level of humanity. ...

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Cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the law is as punishment that would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the common law or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community (Encyclopedia). In other words, the prisons' unethical treatment of these inmates should result in a suspension of time served and the immediate release of murderers and rapists. ... Criminals have throughout the ages been punished and incarcerated for varying degrees of severity; f...

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Article 52 of the ordinance says: "Any person who carries out any form of inhumane treatment, on a mentally retarded disordered person which includes: trepanning, branding, scalding, beating, exorcizing, chaining to a tree, etc of any such person or subjecting a child to the cultural practice of rendering him mentally retarded, by inducing microcephaly, or subjecting any such person to physical, emotional or sexual abuse, shall be guilty of an offence, punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to five years or with fine extending up to Rs50,000 or with both." ...

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Many mentally disabled people have been forced "behind the closed doors of psych wards" where government mental health system workers carry out violent forced 'treatments' against [their] will. ... As well as a heart wrenching loss for the mother, this form of torture violates the fifth right of the UDHR (UDHR 1).The men of China simply stand by and observe as their women's population deteriorates and gets denied basic rights, while they should put an end to this inhumane law. ...

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