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Greta Thunberg Was Abused By Israeli Authorities, Says French Doctor (www.ndtv.com)

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

André told reporters after arriving in France, that as soon as someone would fall asleep, the agents would play loud music and dance. He also claimed that the detainees had a hard time accessing food and water.

I do that to myself.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the title is really misleading and sensational if that's what the "abuse" consisted of.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 82 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Psychological torture consists of numerous tiny things like that. It sounds small, but they add up.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 64 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Anyone being flippant about psychological torture knows absolutely nothing about psychological torture and their opinions about it can be discarded.

Jesus fucking christ just read some Wikipedia articles and be horrified that humans do shit like this to each other.

Sleep deprivation alone is no fucking joke.

[–] thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago

The blindfolds that we see being used all the time on Palestinians are banned and considered torture under English law. No one mentions that.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I always assume those posters were physically abused and thus assume that psychological abuse in any form simply cannot compare. Ignoring the fact that their bruises healed fairly quickly while the psychological damage from that abuse is alive and well in their mind.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I agree, psychological torture is no joke. My point was that the original headline really led me to expect to read a story of sexual abuse, or other physical violence. It was actually a relief to read that it wasn't, even if the sleep depravation is still awful.