Electric Stun Devices Used for Torture

While sifting through some material from Amnesty International, I found this document on the use electro-shock devices being used in some countries, as devices of torture. The resulting information is NOT for the faint of heart.

“Modern electro-shock stun weapons are fast becoming the torturers high-technology tool of choice, Amnesty International said today, as it called for the banning of exports to any country where electro-shock torture has been committed or where torture is persistent, and for an immediate suspension of their use for law enforcement.”

Well, years later, that has not happened, as these countries continue in their nefarious ways, still obtaining these device and using them for this purpose. Some people who sell these items, have made it a rule not to ship outside the USA, and at least making it a little tougher for these to be obtained. I have talked to merchants who are inundated with requests for bulk orders, on a weekly basis, to receive quotes on large quantities of stun batons and stun guns. Fortunately, no one I have discussed this with has ever engaged in a sale with one of these entities. They just hit the “delete” button and go on with their days. On the flip side of the coin, I am sure that there exist many money hungry merchants who will do business with them. If you do or are considering a sale to one of these countries (in Amnesty International’s article), then consider this interview with a young torture victim:

“This pain was described by Mediha Curabaz, a 25-year-old female nurse who was tortured by officers at the Political Branch of Adana Police Headquarters in Turkey during 1991, who said they thrust the electric truncheon violently into my sexual organs and I felt a pain as if I was being drilled there with an electric drill. They immediately lay me down on some ice. I started to bleed at this stage and fainted…before I had come fully round, they forced me to sign various papers.”

I know this was a long time ago, but the problem has increased since that time – not gotten better at all. As I mentioned, request for these items, rises every year and we can be certain that some of them are going to fall into the wrong hands. It is something that merchants who sell these products must be aware of and screen sales that are designated for other countries, or diverted to them, through “third party” shipping companies.

“Amnesty International is also calling on companies involved in the trade not to transfer electro-shock weapons to countries with a persistent record of torture.”