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Philippine police condemned over ‘torture wheel’

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Sadistic Filipino policemen from Laguna prison had finally been exposed for using a wheel to determine the type of torture to apply to detainees under questioning.

Another indictment that Filipino police need inspecting to root out such barbaric practices.

At last inhumane acts like this from the police, who should be promoting law and order, are now being made public and hopefully put an end to.

JPJhermes, Nagpapatrol

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28 January 2014 Last updated at 08:37

Philippine police condemned over ‘torture wheel’

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Human rights groups have criticised police in the Philippines for the alleged use of a ‘torture wheel’ at a detention facility.

Police reportedly spun the wheel to select abuse for detainees. Punishments included “bat position”, where people were hung upside down for 30 seconds.

Amnesty International said police in Laguna province, near Manila, abused the detainees “for fun”.

Several police officers are now under investigation, local reports say.

The news emerged after suspects accused of drug-related crimes had complained about injuries they sustained while in custody at the unlisted detention facility, local media report.

The detainees, who had bruises and wounds on various parts of their body, said police tortured them so they would reveal drug sources.

A total of 44 detainees had accused 10 police officers of carrying out torture and extortion, Amnesty International said in a statement on Monday.

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) discovered the torture wheel during a visit to the facility, it added.

The coloured wheel listed positions or consequences for detainees. This included a “20-second Manny Pacquiao”, a reference to the popular Filipino boxer, where the detainee would be continuously punched for 20 seconds.

Loretta Ann Rosales, CHR chairwoman, described the detention facility as “horrible”.

“We’re trying to correct this mindset based on a human rights approach to policing, but obviously it may take a lot of time,” she told the Associated Press (AP) news agency.

Police official Senior Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac told AP that several police were now in custody and under investigation over the matter.

 

Amnesty International & Direct Debit

Global News REVIEW & RECOMMENDATION

While out shopping in Golders Green yesterday, I got waylaid by one of those working for Amnesty International.

First he asked me whether I liked everything I bought, he saw my shopping bags, I said yes, I would have not bought them otherwise.

He then proceeded to tell me about their campaign in Iran. He said that in 2013 Iran is due to update their laws and regulations. Amnesty International will campaign strongly on the kind of sentences given to women. He said that at this present time there were 16 women waiting for their punishment to be carried out by Iran.

He said that for adultery both men and women are punishable by Iranian laws. Some of the usual punishments are partial burial and stoning. The stoning is mainly for the women; he also mentioned about the sizes of the stones. The partial burial is for both the men and the women. If you can get yourself out of your burial, you are free to go, a free man, literally!!! The crux of the matter is that men are buried up to their waists while women are buried to their necks. So you see men can possibly dig themselves out but the poor women have no chance!

Amnesty International & Direct Debit

Anyway I was appalled and shocked by the barbarity, I was willing to give a tenner but the worker wanted a direct debit payment of £1.70 monthly. Suddenly the weight of my shopping bags started to bother me, I can’t get away fast enough!!! I am a nasty person!

Advice to Amnesty International: please bring a collection bucket next-time. Some people like me has a mindset of not trusting a Direct Debit payment. It sort of get in the way with the monthly bills!!!  I have had many instances of ruing a direct debit!

Do carry on with your good intentions and much lauded work though with a bucket donation next time!  It might just be a tenner from me but much better than No to direct debit.