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SCHEDULED SLEEP DEPRIVATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Nervous System
DEF

A sleep deprivation technique used by U.S. [United States] authorities to make a war prisoner less resistant to interrogation.

Key term(s)
  • frequent flyer programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droits et libertés
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Technique de privation de sommeil utilisée par les autorités américaines dans le but d'amoindrir la résistance d'un prisonnier de guerre lors des interrogatoires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Sistema nervioso
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