Assertion: torture | /r/ObjectUse | used by the security branch
Facets:
value: under the apartheid regime
type: TEMPORAL
value: systematically
type: MANNER
value: as a means
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission stated that under the apartheid regime, “torture was used systematically by the Security Branch, both as a means of obtaining information and of terrorising detainees and activists.