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CONTENTS<br />
<strong>Stopping</strong> <strong>the</strong> torture trade<br />
1: INTRODUCTION 1<br />
2: RESTRAINING ABUSE 3<br />
Chains, shackles and leg irons 4<br />
Restraint chairs 11<br />
3: CHEMICAL CONTROL 15<br />
Tear gas 15<br />
Pepper spray 18<br />
4: SHOCKING WEAPONS 23<br />
Electro-shock batons and cattle prods 24<br />
Stun guns, stun shields and tasers 26<br />
Electro-shock stun belts 28<br />
Failure to evaluate and monitor 30<br />
The spread of electro-shock technology 32<br />
Loopholes in <strong>the</strong> regulations 38<br />
5: TORTURE SKILLS 41<br />
School of <strong>the</strong> Americas 42<br />
Israeli-occupied south Lebanon 45<br />
Private security services 46<br />
6: AN AGENDA FOR ACTION 49<br />
Endnotes 53<br />
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