Tasers a form of torture - UN report - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
'A lawyer leading the charge against police adopting Taser stun guns is welcoming a United Nations report that describes the 50,000-volt stun guns as a "form of torture".'
Marie Dyhrberg from the Campaign Against The Taser advises police to take the UN report seriously.
'A police national headquarters spokesman said the overseas report was "not especially relevant" to the New Zealand Taser trial. "But that doesn't mean we don't take any notice of it."'
We hope the NZ Police do take account of the advice on the UN Committee against Torture. The classification of the Taser as a device of torture is realistic. The way in which inexperienced or unfair police use evolves with this device dehumanizes the police as a whole.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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