Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | widespread
Facets:
value: according to a u.n. report
type: OTHER
value: against those
type: OTHER
value: in turkey
type: LOCATION
value: in russian's military
type: LOCATION
value: against dissidents
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: according to human rights watch
type: OTHER
value: in 2005
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: There was no evidence that the torture was persistent or widespread; or that the Haitian government used torture as a policy; or that there was no meaningful international oversight.[nb 16]
text: Although torture was outlawed in China in 1996, a UN investigator found torture to still be widespread in 2005, particularly because the narrow definition of the law, leaving a mark, does not comply with the UN definition.
text: Torture is widespread and used with impunity in North Korea's system of prisons and forced labor camps.
text: Torture and humiliation, or dedovshchina, are also widespread in Russian's military, according to Human Rights Watch.
text: Torture was widespread against dissidents and those associated with them in the years that Francisco Franco ruled Spain.
text: Torture is still widespread
text: Torture is widespread.
text: Though torture was widespread and not limited to any one country in the 20th century, the mass casualties from both world wars, harrowing tales from Nazi concentration camps and widespread torture by communist regimes during the Cold War caused a shift in how torture was viewed.
text: : "Torture is widespread and systematic in Turkey.
text: In Mexico the government argues that torture is the exception rather than the norm, but in reality abuse by police and security forces is widespread and goes unpunished.
text: - Torture and mistreatment of detainees by Afghan security forces is as widespread as ever, according to a U.N. report released on Monday, despite promises by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and new laws enacted by the government.
text: Amnesty names Philippines and Mexico as places where torture is "widespread and routine in police stations".