http://www.examiner.com/article/rwanda-military-used-electric-shock-to-force-confessions-from-people Rwandan military used electric shock to force confessions from people RWANDA OCTOBER 8, 2012 BY: ROBERT TILFORD Subscribe Rwandan military accused of beating and electrocuting prisoners in order to get them to talk. Credits:    bbc.co.uk A new report by Amnesty International states that Rwandan military used electric shock to force confessions from people. Electric shocks are used as a method of torture, since the received voltage and current can be controlled with precision and used to cause pain and fear without physically harming the victim's body. "I was taken to another office. Everyone was there when they put this electric thing on my back and forced me to accept that I worked with the people throwing the grenades […] When I got to the point of dying, I told them to bring me a piece of paper [to sign], but they continued to torture me", said one detainee. Another man described being subjected to an electric shock during an interrogation. "There are other rooms where they put you and you lose your memory. They ask you a question and when you find yourself again they ask you a question. When you return to normal, they sting you […] The electric thing they use is like a pen and they put it under your arms. It is like charcoal. When they sting you, all your body is electrolyzed and the entire body is paralyzed" (source:http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR47/004/2012/en/ca2e51a2-1c3f-4bb4-b7b9-e44ccbb2b8de/afr470042012en.pdf). -3.583300113678 ; 29.983299255371 Former detainees at Camp Kami and Mukamira military camp allege that they had been forced to confess to crimes or to sign statements under duress due to beatings or other forms of torture. See video: Rwandan civilians tortured into making false confessions, says Amnestyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND_zNvgIlBk