WARNING!!! Mature content dealing with torture.
Links to torture history, mostly covering old torture equipment, the Inquisition, and witch hunting.
Visit torture exhibits in museums around the world; see old art Illuminations in France.
Links to modern day political torture categorized by country or groups. Includes human rights groups combating political torture.
= includes possibly disturbing images of torture. Do NOT view if you may be shocked by torture images.
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General |
Torture & Punishment Library
formerly Urticus' History of Torture
NEW URL 2-22
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Exploring the History of Punishments and Tortures in Western Civilization: encyclopedia, links |
Torture Museum
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sexual(bdsm), government, medieval, books | |
Methods |
Methods of Torture | Cross & Skull TV Guide 10-94 |
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Nuremberg Torture Collection Catalogue on eBay
2-22
Collection of Torture Instruments from The Royal Castle of Nuremberg ©1893 |
Ends Feb-25-00 | |
| http://www.christian.org/christian-torture/christian-torture.html
- Torture & Torment of Christian Martyrs DEAD LINK 4-5
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old woodcut images from the 1590s | |
| Devices of Torture and other Old Time Punishments | Sir Clisto Seversword's Tome | |
| Historical Methods of Torture and Execution |
The Electric Chair.com
and other methods of execution | |
| http://madscience.com/~benway/torture/ DEAD LINK - Torture Just Ain't Nice Missing In Action | a different view of torture devices | |
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Torture and death penalty instruments
Instrumentos europeos de tortura y pena capital |
Tijuana Cultural Center
El Centro Cultural Tijuana traveling European exhibit 1983-86 also a book | |
| http://www.johnrandall.com/dungeon1.htm - DEAD LINK 4-5
Torture Instruments
http://www.johnrandall.com/dungeon2.htm - DEAD LINK 4-5 Torture Devices being applied
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Katharsis - Now a pay site From a traveling wax museum show in Europe also see above | |
| Death & Torture Books - or 'ENTER CATALOG', select 'Atomic Books GENERAL Catalog', select 'Death & Torture' 1-26-00 | Atomic Books Online Catalog | |
| Yossie's handcuff collection | pics and description of many restraints | |
| http://www.nzp.com/0700torture.html - DEAD LINK - 4-5 The Torture Catapult | The Catapult Museum Online | |
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The Torture and Punishment
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The Burning Times | |
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Stocks and Pillories
NEW URL 4-5
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historical punishments | |
| http://www.ieway.com/~csukbr/nurem/nurem.html - DED LINK 4-5
Torture Engravings from The Royal Castle of Nuremberg
9-21
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| http://iiiconfess.com/Medieval.html - Medieval interrogations - 6-29 Removed due to "linking directly to our server and/or taking images without giving credit to our copyright" | Interviews & Interrogation Institute | |
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Under The Lash: A Pictorial History of Flogging
4-30
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Inquisition |
55 Hours to Live-It's a Slow Death | A Heretic's Final Journey |
| Inquisitorial torture session | Medieval Source Book | |
| Torture of Martyrs | Religion / Hagiology | |
| Curious Punishments of Bygone Days NEW URL 4-5 - also see Urticus History of Torture | book on tortures inflicted by Church and State | |
| http://www.trantex.fi/staff/heikkih/knights/dungeon.htm The Preceptory Dungeon - DEAD LINK 4-5 | The demise of the Templars in France | |
| Trial by Blood and Fire | torture of the Templars Illuminations | |
| Olli's The Torquemada Page | The concinnous Termites guide to 15 th Century Spain | |
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Torture
mirror site |
Atrocities of the Christian Church | |
| The Last Great Inquisition!! | The Reformation Online | |
| http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~breu/inquisition/loftis/procedure.html Procedure of the Roman Inquisition - DEAD LINK | Galileo and the Inquisition | |
| Inquisition | Museo el Solar - in Spanish | |
| http://ccc.cs.byu.edu/~blood/spanish.html - DEAD LINK - The Spanish Inquisition Missing In Action | by Jason L. Slade | |
Witches |
The Tortures | Joan's Witch Directory |
| Punishment, Torture, and Ordeal NEW URL 4-5 |
The Witching Hours by the ShanMonster | |
| Salem, Massachusetts Witch Trials | The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 | |
| The Witch Hunts | Ch 8, Dark Side of Christian History | |
War |
Torture of Captives
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The JAPS Gallery |
| Pure Torture | by Thomas N. Moe '75, a Vietnam War POW. Notre Dame Magazine | |
Museum |
http://www.ntd.co.uk/southwark/london_dungeon The London Dungeon - DEAD LINK | Southwark - London historic borough |
| http://www.io-ltd.com/london/attractions/index13.htm - DEAD LINK - The London Dungeon | Middle Age museum, England | |
| http://www.neo.com/Monk/SanFrancisco/Map/medieval.html - DEAD LINK - Medieval Dungeon Missing In Action | Torture history museum, San Francisco | |
| Museo del Congreso y de Sitio de la Santa Inquisición | Inquisition Museum in Lima, Peru (in Spanish) | |
| The Museum of the Guillotine | Madame Guillotine Contents Page
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| The York Dungeon | a perfectly horrible experience | |
| Museum of Torture | Medieval Times & Medieval Life Village, Orlando, Florida | |
| Inverary Jail Museum | torture & punishment exhibit, Oban, Scotland | |
| The Witchery Tour | Ghost & Gore; Murder & Mystery - Edinburgh, Scotland | |
Art |
Torture of Ganelon | The Bibliothèque Nationale de France Illuminations |
| Torture of Pope Leo III | The Bibliothèque Nationale de France Illuminations | |
| Torture of Queen Brunhild | The Bibliothèque Nationale de France Illuminations | |
| Misc | Listen to Cthulhu - Geschichte der Grausamkeit
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German site with links |
| Law enforcement in the past | devoted to the ways and means by which the laws where enforced in the past | |
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General |
About Torture |
Canadian Centre For Victims of Torture |
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History of Torture
Links to Torture & Human Rights |
Torture Survivors Network | |
| Political Torture readings | The World Affairs Council of Northern California | |
| Back on the Torture Trail | Dispatches 13th March 1996 | |
| Just and Painful | A Case for the Corporal Punishment of Criminals
12. Pain is not (Necessarily) Torture | |
| soc.rights.human | USENET newsgroup | |
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Survivors International
8-18
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Information About Torture and Treatment | |
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Therapy or Torture? - Psychiatry Destroys Minds: Inflicting Pain by CCHR
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electroshock therapy | |
| World |
Stop Torture Now! Campaign
Torture/Ill-treatment Press Releases |
Amnesty International
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| http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/146/Dispatch_from_world_of_torture.htm/ - DEAD LINK - Dispatch from world of torture | Boston Globe Online - electro-shock torture weapons - This story ran on page D04 of the Boston Globe on 05/26/98 | |
Argentina |
The Vanished Gallery | disappeared persons in Argentina, 1976-1983 |
Bosnia |
Torture in the camps for Serbs in the former Bosnia-Herzegovina | Forensic medical and psychiatric aspects |
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Calling the Ghosts
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Film Chronicles Suffering at Omarska Concentration Camp | |
Brazil |
Twenty Exemplary Cases | torture by the Brazilian government and military police |
China |
Torture and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners | China Human Rights Fact Sheet |
| Stop the torture | of Chinese prisoners | |
East Timor |
East Timor Torture | East Timor Human Rights Centre |
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Indonesian military murderers
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Loro Sae - Timor Home Page | |
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East Timor International Support Centre
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| East-Timor Information Pages | Jota's place, includes many news items | |
| ASIET | Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor | |
France |
Amnesty International Report
on police violence
Rapport d'Amnesty International sur violence de police |
Law-France
from soc.rights.human 3-26 |
Guatemala |
Sister Dianna Ortiz - Torture Survivor | Guatemala 1996 |
Indonesia |
Indoriots
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Torture of Chinese women May 98 |
Iraq |
The Occupation of Kuwait: Legacy of Pain
Missing in Action 9-21 |
Torture and Murder by Iraq 1990-91 |
| Kashmir |
Kashmir Human Rights
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Kashmir Global Network |
Peru |
The Fujimori Regime's Reign of Terror | Inhuman Prison Conditions & Torture in Peru |
Sikh |
Torture of GurSikhs
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Sikh Sovereignty |
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Torture and Genocide of the Sikhs
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Khalistan Net | |
Tibet |
Torture of Tibetan women activists | Nat'l Report on Tibetan Women Aug 95 |
Turkey |
The Torture of Women in Turkey | Amnesty International USA Turkey Campaign |
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Torture Practices of the Turkish State (original?)
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Press Agency Ozgurluk | |
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Torture Practices of the Turkish State (copy?)
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The Hellenic Nationalist Page | |
| Turkey and the Rule of Law | Human Rights in Turkey | |
| Torture is used by police in a democratic country Missing In Action 3/98 | more Human Rights in Turkey | |
U.S.A. |
School of the Americas Watch | US Army School of Assassins |
| Declassify Torture Documents | The 2MinuteActivist | |
| US Training manuals | Covert Action Quarterly | |
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US companies leaders in manufacture of torture devices censored story #5
Shock Value Progressive Sept 97 |
Project Censored's Top 10 SF Bay Guardian 3-25-98 | |
| Weapons of Torture | Time Magazine - April 6, 1998 - U.S. companies shipping stun guns to countries that practice torture | |
| Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins | ITVS PBS Show Times Apr-Jun 98 - An Army school suspected of teaching torture. | |
| Crime | Charles Ng Serial (Torturer) Murderer Avoids Trial for 12 Years - Link now dead - old news item taken off server. | 20/20 Jan 16 transcript |
| Charles Ng: Satan's Christmas Present To The World | Tea Magazine | |
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TV News Clip of Ng Trial Shocks Victim's Survivors - Video shows woman bound in chair - 98 Oct 28
Diary Exposes Details for Ng Trial - Alleged partner's entries reveal stalking, murder plans Yahoo ! News Headline Search for Charles Ng 10-28
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Serial Killerz
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by Chilsta - big file - search using torture | |
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Six-Pack of Death
9-21
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