Just hearing the word 'Remand' gives goosebumps.
Generally, in our country, this type of arrangement is made to punish or interrogate criminals.
It literally means 'to send an accused person from court to court under investigation'.
However, there are various rumors about this investigation/inquiry.
As many describe it,
Mentioned various types of punishments including caning, immersion in water, egg therapy. The matter is that in various countries, criminals are given sufficient physical punishment during interrogation, which the criminal cannot bear and confesses his crimes.
Now it is being said, in all the countries of the world, criminals are given only physical punishment?
The answer is > no
Today I will talk about a punishment where no physical torture is done.
Rather, you will also be given timely meals.
Also a place to stay.
Surely you think it is a punishment?
Now let's get to the point.
This particular type of punishment is called 'White Torture' or 'White Room Torture.
This is one of the ten worst punishments in the world today.
Starting from the last few decades, it has been going on in Iran, Ireland, America, Venezuela and some European countries.
It is basically a form of mental punishment.
There are many criminals who
Very brave, does not mind physical punishment;
This is a special arrangement for them.
To create fear in them.
First you will be taken to a completely separate room which will be soundproofed meaning no outside noise will enter your room and no sound will escape from the inside.
Now coming to the room features:
A bright white room,
The floor is flat and white;
The walls are white.
The top of the head is also white.
The room will have 24-hour white light and the light will be set very specifically so that no shadow falls anywhere in the room.
There will be no windows, even if there are gaps of a few millimeters in length, and it is impossible to look through them because the outside is covered with thick netting.
Then come to other items;
Your dress will be pure white,
The bed, pillow, bed sheet will be white.
You go to the toilet, you will be given a tissue from under the toilet door;
The color of which will be white.
As food you will get only rice,
Which is also white.
The plate that will be made is also white in color.
No one working there will approach you very much.
Employees wear a special type of shoe that does not make any noise when walking on it.
It means you won't hear a single outside sound.
And it is forbidden to talk to anyone while in captivity. You can only talk to yourself.
Because everything around you is white, you will slowly lose the power of feeling (sensory deprivation).
Initially you will lose the sense of smell as well as the taste of food.
You can't even sleep properly because the whole room is filled with white light all the time.
As a result, you will start hallucinating very quickly.
Gradually you will start to become mentally disturbed.
At some point your entire sixth sense will be disrupted and you will be immobilized/numb
will become
Usually a criminal is locked in these rooms for months to years depending on the crime.
After leaving the White Room, it happens that he does not recognize anyone.
Temporary amnesia occurs.
He forgets where he was, why he was there or what he was doing before.
Although it heals over time, its effects last a lifetime.
A person named Amir Abbas Fakhravar was first punished by the Iranian government.
German journalist and terrorist Ulrich Menhof was also held in such a White Room torture cell in the 1970s.
He said in his description, sometimes I felt as if my head would explode and everything would come out.
Once someone came to see him, but after he left he didn't remember that anyone ever came to see him.
2 years after his release Ulrik died by suicide.
Syed Ibrahim Nabavi was an Iranian journalist and political activist.
The Iranian government imprisoned him in the White Room torture cell.
He said, he could not sleep even one night without taking sleeping pills.
A lot of loneliness engulfed him and even after his release in 2004, that feeling of loneliness did not end in him.
According to him, he suffered from mental problems along with loss of sensation.
As he begins to believe that his wife has been kidnapped and his friends frame him by giving false information to the police.
A 17-year-old student named Amir Fakhravar was also held for eight months in such white room torture.
After his release he did not recognize his own parents.
Several movies, series and books have been written about this widely discussed torture cell.
The movies THX 1138 and White Chamber are also based on this White Room torture.
White Torture: The ultimate punishment
Author: Hasibur Rahman Bhashani
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