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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-09-05 06:04:46 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 62661 - submitted by 'sl89' >> * Both Pleco and ABC call it a ‘rack’, but that's a very different torture device: “The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground,[1] with a roller at one or both ends. The victim's ankles are fastened to one roller and the wrists are chained to the other. As the interrogation progresses, a handle and ratchet mechanism attached to the top roller are used to very gradually increase the tension on the chains, inducing excruciating pain.” (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_(torture)) * Not an ancient form of torture, as some Chinese dictionaries would have it, despicably, it's still very much in use: “Further disobedience would result in waterboarding or long periods strapped in agony in a metal contraption known as a “tiger chair,” Samarkand said, a punishment he said he suffered.” (Wahington Post: “Former inmates of China’s Muslim ‘reeducation’ camps tell of brainwashing, torture”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/former-inmates-of-chinas-muslim-re-education-camps-tell-of-brainwashing-torture/2018/05/16/32b330e8-5850-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html); “Tools of torture described include iron restraint chairs, tiger benches – in which individuals’ legs are tightly bound to a bench, with bricks gradually added under the victim’s feet, forcing the legs backwards (...).” (Amnesty International: “China: Torture and forced confessions rampant amid systematic trampling of lawyers’ rights ”: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/11/china-torture-forced-confession/); Radio Free Asia: “Ethnic Mongolian Activist Lodges Formal Complaint Over 'Tiger Bench' Torture, Interrogation”: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/torture-06222017104847.html -- just a few examples showing tiger chairs are still used widely in 2018 China. * I've seen it translated as ‘tiger chair’ and ‘tiger bench’, but tiger chair seems more common. 【Wenlin】 n. torture-rack M:tiáo 条 【Pleco】 rack (an instrument of torture) 【MoE】 一种旧时的刑具。使犯人坐于长凳上，两腿平放，紧绑膝盖关节于长凳，再于脚跟下垫砖瓦，使其脚部作反向的扭曲，脚跟垫得愈高，则愈痛苦，极为残酷不人道。 【LAC】 旧时一种残酷的刑具。用刑时受刑人坐在长凳上，顺着长凳面把腿伸直，膝盖被紧紧绑住，脚跟下被垫上砖，使脚部反向扭曲，因此垫得越高，痛苦越大。 | 坐～，灌辣椒水都是惨无人道的酷刑。 【Wikipedia: 老虎凳】 老虎凳是一种可能导致死亡之刑罚：把犯人绑坐在长板凳上，上身和双手被绑在背后连着长板凳的木架上，双腿在凳面上伸直，膝盖以上的大腿用绳绑在凳上，于小腿与板凳缝中或脚跟下置放砖块，使受刑人的双脚向上抬起，通过牵拉腿部的关节韧带，给受刑人造成巨大的痛苦，导致肌肉撕裂或是瘀血，长时间刑囚则将人犯松绑后搀架著跑步，以免导致双腿成残。 --------------------------------------------- Editor: "tiger chair" and "tiger bench" are two different devices: <QUOTE> Being forced to sit in the “tiger chair[26]”, the “hanging restraint chair[27]”, or the “tiger bench[28]” for several hours and sometimes even several days ... [26] Laohu yi – 老虎椅: A metal chair in which the prisoner's arms, torso and legs are immobilised with metal rings. SeetheHuman Rights Watch report, Tiger Chairs and Cell Bosses, police torture of criminal suspects in China, 2015. [28] Laohu deng–老虎凳 The detainee is immobilised on a bench, and bricks are progressively added under his feet, forcinghislegs to bend the wrong way around until the ties holding them down split. <UNQUOTE> https://lawsdocbox.com/Immigration/76086616-Acat-2016-report-a-world-of-torture.html |
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# 老虎凳 老虎凳 [lao3 hu3 deng4] /tiger chair (torture device)/ |