Tasers a form of torture - UN report - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz

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.

Full Public Disclosure

Anti Taser campaigner Marie Dyhrberg has claimed that the public are not being given all the information on tasers in the police trials of the weapon. The latest police report on the taser stun gun trial shows it has been discharged 13 times since the trial began in September last year.
Marie Dyhrberg said the report does not include vital information, including whether any injuries were sustained in many of the incidents and is seeking publication under the Official Information Act.