waterboards
Simulated drowning torture
Waterboards is the plural of waterboard, a device or surface used in waterboarding—an interrogation technique where water is poured over a cloth covering the face to simulate drowning.
The verb waterboard means to subject someone to this treatment: The CIA waterboarded detainees at black sites.
The practice is widely condemned as torture.
torture
Formal, probing examination
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- GuantanamoUS base in Cuba
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
detainee · prisoner · abuse · inhumane · asphyxiation · violation · psychological · trauma
interrogation
Formal, probing examination
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- GuantanamoUS base in Cuba
- suffocationFatal lack of air
coercion · detainee · prisoner · abuse · inhumane · asphyxiation · violation · psychological · trauma · confession