stress and duress

Newspeak for torture, used by the CIA and its allies. "Stress and duress" tactics are used in interrogations, and refer to a variety of tortures and forms of mistreatment which the CIA thinks are OK. These include: sleep deprivation overload of light complete darkness stripping and sexually humiliating prisoners threatening to torture and rape prisoners threatening prisoners' families making prisoners stand, sit etc. in uncomfortable positions to induce pain denial of satisfaction of basic rights and needs such as food, bedding, clothing and exercise deliberate cultural insensitivity and intolerance verbal abuse use of painful "restraint" techniques beatings