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Was the Dalai Lama subjected to physical torture by China?

New Delhi: Was the Dalai Lama subjected to physical torture by China? The answer is no.Amnesty International has used the beaten, bruised and swollen faces of well-known figures to front their latest campaign against torture.The




The face of American rock star Iggy Pop is shown heavily bruised.

The caption reads: "L'avenir du rock, c'est Justin Bieber (Justin Bieber is the future of rock)."



The tortured face of Karl Lagerfield, the German fashion designer of Chanel, is shown in the third version of the campaign.

The caption: "Sommet de l'elegance, c'est la chemise hawaienne et les tongs." Translation: "The height of elegance is a Hawaiian shirt and thongs."

Amnesty has recently ramped up its campaigning to stamp out the practice with the Stop Torture campaign, which was launched in May.
 
Ahead of its launch, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International's Secretary General said governments around the world are “two-faced on torture” - “prohibiting it in law, but facilitating it in practice”.

He added: “Torture is not just alive and well – it is flourishing in many parts of the world. As more governments seek to justify torture in the name of national security, the steady progress made in this field over the last thirty years is being eroded.”

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