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1. The Dragon Chair looked like those old barber chairs, heavy and wide, made of wood. But a cover zinc sheetconnected to a voltage regulator turned it into a “homemade electric chair”. It was used when the captive had survived other punishments without revealing anything.
two. His clothes were ripped off and he was placed on the piece of furniture, with his hands tiedand legs locked back. Then came the psychological pressure. The torturer calmly described the consequences of the device (such as seizures and loss of bowel control), delivering some shocks to reinforce the argument…
3. If this had no effect, a complete electrical discharge.The prisoner felt his whole body tremble, especially the parts in contact with the zinc. The duration and intensity were controlled so as not to kill him for good, and could be increased with each dose, which were alternated with screams and beatings.
4. To make matters worse, the victim could gain a iron bucketin the head, which potentiated the shock in the face. Or even bare wires attached directly to toes and fingers. Or bathing in water (which conducts electricity). Or a handful of salt in the mouth (which multiplied the pain)
CURIOSITY
A simpler form of electrocution was contact with bare wires, whose current was generated in a crank device.
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SOURCESBooksThe History of Torture and Executionby Jean KellawayThe History of Torture Throughout the Agesby George Ryley Scott, andTorture: The History of Political Repression in Brazil, by Antonio Carlos Fon; websitesDictatorship Archives,cnv.gov.brIt isohchr.org
CONSULTANCYJohn Schiemann, professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson University and author ofInterrogational Torture: Or How Good Guys Get Bad Information with Ugly MethodsAlfred W. McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin and author ofA Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terrorand Darius Rejali, professor of political science at Reed College and author ofTorture and Democracy