Tortured Truths

Tortured truths

It was a medieval idea that pain had to be inflicted on the body for truth to pour out. The purpose of modern torture is different. To instil fear. To crush political dissent. To wreak havoc and destroy lives. Often performed out of sheer habit. To assert supremacy. To possess nations. To build empires anew, writes Rahnuma Ahmed

AS A little child, when I was only three or four, I couldn’t understand how people could still see me if I shut my eyes. Later, like most people, I grew up. I realised shutting my eyes didn’t make me any less visible to others...................................