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Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torture | is a | deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment | 0.90 | text |
| Torture | is a | most controversial aspect of its definition | 0.90 | text |
| Torture | is a | peremptory norm | 0.90 | text |
| treason | instance of | citizens could be judicially tortured only under exceptional circumstances and for a serious crime | 0.80 | text |
| often only when some evidence already existed | instance of | citizens could be judicially tortured only under exceptional circumstances and for a serious crime | 0.80 | text |
| foreigners | instance of | non-citizens | 0.80 | text |
| slaves were commonly tortured.There is archaeological evidence of torture in Early Neolithic Europe | instance of | non-citizens | 0.80 | text |
| about 7 | instance of | non-citizens | 0.80 | text |
| 000 years ago | instance of | non-citizens | 0.80 | text |
| immigration detention | instance of | although torture can also occur in other facilities | 0.80 | text |
| youth detention centers | instance of | although torture can also occur in other facilities | 0.80 | text |
| ideological commitment | instance of | Psychiatrist Pau Pérez-Sales finds that torturers act from a variety of motives | 0.80 | text |
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