Abusive and punitive usage
editChild abuse
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editIn medical settings
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editGovernmental
editTorture
editIn the vastly influential Argentine text Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism, for example, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento describes the use of pepper and turpentine enemas by police forces as a way of discouraging political dissent in post-independence Argentina.[1] Turpentine enemas are very harsh purgatives.[2]
In the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture documented instances of enemas being used by the Central Intelligence Agency in order to ensure "total control" over detainees.[3] Enemas, officials said, are uncomfortable and degrading,[4] The CIA forced nutrient enema on detainees who attempted hunger strikes, documenting “With head lower than torso … sloshing up the large intestines … [what] I infer is that you get a tube up as you can … We used the largest Ewal [sic] tube we had” wrote an officer,[5] and "violent enemas" is how a detainee described what he received.[6]
- ^ "Ribbons and Rituals". In Problems in Modern Latin American History. Ed. Chasteen and Wood. Oxford, UK: Scholarly Resources, 2005. p. 97
- ^ "Turpentine enema". Biology-Online Dictionary. Biology-Online. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ Rushe, Dominic; MacAskill, Ewen; Cobain, Ian; Yuhas, Alan; Laughland, Oliver (9 December 2014). "Rectal rehydration and waterboarding: the CIA torture report's grisliest findings". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Neil A. Lewis (2005-01-01). "Fresh Details Emerge on Harsh Methods at Guantánamo". Archives – 2005. The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Controversial 'rectal feeding' technique used to control detainees' behaviour". CIA torture report. The Guardian. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ The Editorial Board (2015-06-05). "A Detainee Describes More C.I.A. Torture". Editorial. The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-04-22.