刑讯是司法者运用体罚手段施于案件当事人，以获取口供的审判方式。它是注重口供、轻视证据和纠举式审判方法的产物。作为一种审判制度，它又是与封建官僚政体和集权专制的统治手段携手而来的。
这是我们列表上唯一一个不属于中世纪欧洲刑讯的项目。
This is the only non-medieval, European torture on our list.
后座议员害怕残忍的鞭打刑讯和失去关于首相可能招致粗蛮的表现机会。
Backbenchers fear the ghoulish tortures of whips and the lost chance of preferment that rudeness about the prime minister might incur.
他向伊朗伸出了真诚的手，他下令在一年内关闭关塔纳摩监狱，他坚决反对刑讯。
He has held out a sincere hand to Iran; he has ordered guantanamo closed within a year; he has set himself firmly against torture.
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