Sleep Deprivation Is Torture -- Part One

As the vast majority of gang stalking victims already know, the criminals who stalk and harass them every day use psychological torture techniques, including sleep deprivation.

Loud vehicles driving up and down the street,  loud music coming from parked vehicles or nearby houses or  apartments, honking horns,  loud construction equipment, lawn mowers, shouting voices....all contribute to the "noise campaign" used against the targeted individual.

One of the most powerful psychological torture techniques used by gang stalkers is sleep deprivation.

The use of sleep deprivation as a torture technique is nothing new.

Deliberate sleep deprivation has been used for centuries, as both a form of torture and a means for interrogation.

BREAK THEM DOWN

After the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of both Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush Administration began using psychological torture techniques against the prisoners who were captured and sent to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as other, "secret", sites around the world.

The Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) published a 2005 special report titled "Break Them Down:  Systematic Use of  Psychological Torture by U.S. Forces" 

(From the report)

"As evidence of US national security interrogation practices emerged, it became clear that psychologically abusive methods of interrogation were at the core of U.S. intelligence gathering.

'Break Them Down'  published by PHR in May 2005 was the first comprehensive review of the use of psychological torture by U.S. forces, examining the devastating health consequences of psychological coercion and explaining how a regime of psychological torture was put into place by the U.S. 'War on Terror'."

https://phr.org/resources/break-them-down/

But is sleep deprivation really torture?

In July, 2017,  Macleans magazine (Canada) published an article titled:

"Yes, Sleep Deprivation Is Really Torture"

(From the article) 

"Canada is a party to the UN Convention Against Torture, where 'torture' is defined as 'any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental,  is intentionally inflicted upon a person' for certain acts, including interrogation.

This is cited as a source of the international law which binds military operations in the 'Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Law of Armed Conflict Manual,'  which also states that ' no physical or mental torture, or any other form of coercion, shall be inflicted' on POWs or detainees.'

 Further, the CAF 'doctrine on interrogation'  states unequivocally:

'Interrogation tactics which involve physical force - beating, stress position, deprivation of food, and subjection to cold or hot temperatures are prohibited.

Methods which are more subtle but have a harmful psychological effect are equally prohibited.

Sensory deprivation, SLEEP DEPRIVATION, isolation, humiliation, music and light control,  use of phobia,  and environmental manipulation are also prohibited.'

There is good reason for this prohibition.

Medical science has demonstrated over and over that there is serious physical and mental harm caused by sleep deprivation.

As a report on the effects of psychological torture notes, short and long-term effects can include,

' memory impairment, reduced capacity to concentrate, somatic complaints such as headache and back pain, hyper-arousal, avoidance, irritability, severe depression with vegetative symptoms, nightmares, feelings of shame and humiliation, and post-traumatic stress disorder...incoherent speech, disorientation, hallucination,  irritability, anger, delusions and sometimes paranoia'."

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/yes-sleep-deprivation-is-torture/

To Be Continued