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'bastinado' and 'falaka'-is a torture method wherein the torturer ties the victims' ankles together, then beats the soles of his feet with a metal or wooden spike.
Gawker 2010
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"The first is the caning of the feet -- called falaka -- of the soccer team.
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Sometimes guards used the falaka, applying blows to the feet.
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Torture techniques inflicted on victims such as Naheem and Rehan include falaka (foot whipping with a rod or cane), the pulling out of fingernails with pliers, the rubbing of hot chillies in eyes, endless beatings with sticks, and an excruciating practice called strapado, where the victim is hung by the wrists from the ceiling until the shoulders dislocate.
The Guardian World News Owen Watkins 2010
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