USA torture at Gitmo, Guantanamo: We were subjected to meticulous daily torture!
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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, USA, also called Gitmo
Witch torture come to life by USA
Medieval Torture continued by modern State
We were subjected to meticulous daily torture, freed Gitmo detainee stated as of media source of December 20, 2013.
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For what it’s worth, the image actually appears to show a scene from the 16th century when Vlad the Impaler (as he became known for reasons apparent above) overseeing the impaling of some of the 10,000 or so people he’s reputed to have impaled in order to deter an invasion by the Muslim Turks. The Turks, on seeing the grisly spectacle, apparently turned back, thinking whoever would do this to his own people would surely have no mercy on an invading Turkish army.
As it is, the image is probably also highly stylized and a bit exaggerated in the propaganda style of the time (it’s a 17th or 18th century woodcut).
Having said that, you’re right in concluding that torture was not limited to the Middle Ages – it is daily use right up to today. By the USA at Gitmo, by the Chinese, by many supposedly respectable world governments, in one form or other.