Even the mere mention of the word "torture" can make many people tremble: our imagination provides a lot of quivering material. Torture can be physical, mental or a heartbreaking combination, and there are countless ways to torture living creatures. Physical suffering is perhaps the image of torture that comes most easily to mind, but torture often depends on the infliction of psychological trauma or the deprivation of basic necessities such as food, water or sleep. Because torture is considered a violation of human rights and rarely gives specific information, the Geneva Convention in 1949 and the United Nations in 1984. Torture has been prohibited internationally. 155 countries have accepted the ban promulgated by the UN; however, in practice, about 81 countries resort to torture, secretly or openly. This list is made up of ten of the most serious and notorious acts of torture, in mass or individually, in the developed world. Although the nations on this list have legal restrictions on torture and nations that openly minimize torture, the developed world has a lot of dirty laundry.

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