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After the rally, when I was going to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan office, I was stopped by two men, who put a revolver on my temple and
pushed me into a white car and a ‘chaador’ was put on me,” he told TSI.
He said the car reached some place after nearly half an hour, a gate was opened and he was blindfolded. His hands were also tied from behind and
he was taken to a room. “While I was blindfolded, I was also beaten so severely that I became unconscious,” he added.
“Those people were abusing Baloch leader Akhter Mengal and asking me from where we get ammunition, who was funding us and who were the
people involved in a bomb blast at Hub, Balochistan, where was our headquarters, who was the chief of Watan Brigade and how many members it has,
” he said.
“After severe beating for a day, I was shifted to some other place and pushed on a stretcher-like thing. Somebody shot an injection in my forearm and I
felt as if my entire body had become numb but my brain was active,” he said. “I started speaking voluntarily, but I don’t remember what I said. When I
regained consciousness, I had severe headache and my mouth was dry,” he said.
Wahab asked for some water and tea from his captors. He was given water and tea along with two tablets. When he requested his captors that he
wanted to go to bathroom, his blindfold was removed for a while and he found himself in some sort of a lock-up, but not that of a police station. He was
blindfolded again. He was taken to another room and he felt cooling, indicating it had an air conditioner. Somebody was now asking him questions
albeit politely. Wahab informed him that he was a human rights’ activist and helped the families of “missing” people. He was told that “missing”
persons were terrorists and helping them was a crime. Thousands of people, mostly Baloch activists have disappeared in Pakistan and are “missing”
despite orders from the Supreme Court of Pakistan that they should be released and a promise by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that they would
be set free.
After five days of confinement, Wahab was released near Finance and Trade Centre (FTC) on Sharea Faisal and was asked not to look back; otherwise,
he would be shot dead. “Since then, I have been receiving abusive calls during the middle of the night. I have changed my cell phone many a times but
it is always traced,” he said.
Doctors' fear Wahab was injected a drug that has been nicknamed “truth serum.” After taking the "truth serum," the person becomes very
communicative, sharing his thoughts without hesitation. Dorlands' Illustrated Medical Dictionary describes that it is an "ultra-short-acting barbiturate
(drug) to produce general anesthesia, and for narcoanalysis in psychiatric disorders."
The proper name for this drug is thiopental sodium; it is also called sodium pentothal. Eminent psychiatrist Prof.
S. Haroon Ahmed elaborated the affects of “truth serum” in detail. “There are various kinds of methods that are used to extract information from people
suspected of anti-social or anti-state activities. The effect of injection is that the person becomes dis-inhibited and frequently tells facts which he/she
does not want to tell in normal situations. The involvement of medical community in any act of torture or forced extraction of information has been
banned by the international medical community. This has also been endorsed by Pakistan Medical Association (PMA),” he told TSI.
Dr. Shershah Syed, former general secretary of PMA concurred: “Doctors should not get involved in any kind of activity that causes physical,
psychological and emotional torture in collaboration with government or non-government agencies,” he said.
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pushed me into a white car and a ‘chaador’ was put on me,” he told TSI.
He said the car reached some place after nearly half an hour, a gate was opened and he was blindfolded. His hands were also tied from behind and
he was taken to a room. “While I was blindfolded, I was also beaten so severely that I became unconscious,” he added.
“Those people were abusing Baloch leader Akhter Mengal and asking me from where we get ammunition, who was funding us and who were the
people involved in a bomb blast at Hub, Balochistan, where was our headquarters, who was the chief of Watan Brigade and how many members it has,
” he said.
“After severe beating for a day, I was shifted to some other place and pushed on a stretcher-like thing. Somebody shot an injection in my forearm and I
felt as if my entire body had become numb but my brain was active,” he said. “I started speaking voluntarily, but I don’t remember what I said. When I
regained consciousness, I had severe headache and my mouth was dry,” he said.
Wahab asked for some water and tea from his captors. He was given water and tea along with two tablets. When he requested his captors that he
wanted to go to bathroom, his blindfold was removed for a while and he found himself in some sort of a lock-up, but not that of a police station. He was
blindfolded again. He was taken to another room and he felt cooling, indicating it had an air conditioner. Somebody was now asking him questions
albeit politely. Wahab informed him that he was a human rights’ activist and helped the families of “missing” people. He was told that “missing”
persons were terrorists and helping them was a crime. Thousands of people, mostly Baloch activists have disappeared in Pakistan and are “missing”
despite orders from the Supreme Court of Pakistan that they should be released and a promise by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that they would
be set free.
After five days of confinement, Wahab was released near Finance and Trade Centre (FTC) on Sharea Faisal and was asked not to look back; otherwise,
he would be shot dead. “Since then, I have been receiving abusive calls during the middle of the night. I have changed my cell phone many a times but
it is always traced,” he said.
Doctors' fear Wahab was injected a drug that has been nicknamed “truth serum.” After taking the "truth serum," the person becomes very
communicative, sharing his thoughts without hesitation. Dorlands' Illustrated Medical Dictionary describes that it is an "ultra-short-acting barbiturate
(drug) to produce general anesthesia, and for narcoanalysis in psychiatric disorders."
The proper name for this drug is thiopental sodium; it is also called sodium pentothal. Eminent psychiatrist Prof.
S. Haroon Ahmed elaborated the affects of “truth serum” in detail. “There are various kinds of methods that are used to extract information from people
suspected of anti-social or anti-state activities. The effect of injection is that the person becomes dis-inhibited and frequently tells facts which he/she
does not want to tell in normal situations. The involvement of medical community in any act of torture or forced extraction of information has been
banned by the international medical community. This has also been endorsed by Pakistan Medical Association (PMA),” he told TSI.
Dr. Shershah Syed, former general secretary of PMA concurred: “Doctors should not get involved in any kind of activity that causes physical,
psychological and emotional torture in collaboration with government or non-government agencies,” he said.
Shahid Husain
http://www.thesundayindian.com/21022010/storyd.asp?sid=8526&pageno=1
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Pakistan: Dirty and dangerous
A former detainee reveals how Pak agencies use drugs to extract info from peace activists,
reports Shahid Husain
Intelligence agencies in Pakistan are injecting drugs to extract information from political activists and
doctors on the payroll of the state are believed to be playing a role in this unethical practice. Abdul
Wahab, 55, a Baloch activist, confirmed that he was injected a drug by intelligence agencies when
he was arrested on May 28, 2008, in Karachi, for participating in a peace rally. “We held a
demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club on May 28, 2008, the day when Pakistan opted to go
nuclear several years ago, and condemned the bomb.
A former detainee reveals how Pak agencies use drugs to extract info from peace activists,
reports Shahid Husain
Intelligence agencies in Pakistan are injecting drugs to extract information from political activists and
doctors on the payroll of the state are believed to be playing a role in this unethical practice. Abdul
Wahab, 55, a Baloch activist, confirmed that he was injected a drug by intelligence agencies when
he was arrested on May 28, 2008, in Karachi, for participating in a peace rally. “We held a
demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club on May 28, 2008, the day when Pakistan opted to go
nuclear several years ago, and condemned the bomb.
| Sodium Pentothal Sodium Pentothal is known as a 'truth serum', and also for its use in execution by injection. The FBI is currently considering using it on the four suspects held on charges related to the attack on the WTC, who have so far refused to speak1. Sodium Pentothal is the trade name for Thiopental Sodium aka Sodium Thiopentone (C11H17N2NaO2S ), which is a heavy tranquiliser. It is also used in executions by injection, as detailed in SockMonkey's writeup in Lethal Injection Execution. Thiopental Sodium is a barbiturate that makes the neural membrane more permeable to chloride ions. In a small dose, its effect is to remove the inhibitions of normal behavioural restraints. It also relieves tension and anxiety, and has been shown to make people talkative. Higher doses result in a stupor and inhibit independent thoughts and actions - and the person becomes more suggestible and less willful. At higher doses it can knock a person unconscious. The effect of lower doses does not force the recipient to tell the truth. It does make telling a lie more difficult - lying takes more mental effort than telling the truth. The drug has been used in drug-assisted hypnosis. It is highly unlikely that any evidence obtained with Sodium Pentothal would be admissible in any court of law. Sodium Pentothal has uses besides interrogation and execution2. Thiopental Sodium was first discovered by Ernest H. Volwiler and Donalee L. Tabern in 1936, when they were looking for an injectible substance that could produce unconsciousness. They discovered that it could be used for minor procedures requiring anesthesia or for more prolonged procedures inconjunction with other substances (such as Ether) A 20ml injection of a 2.5% solution will cause unconsciousness within 15 to thirty seconds, and last from five to ten minutes. Today it has three main uses: 1. As an induction to anaesthesia. Pentothal is used to put the patient under quickly and easily, and then the more effective (normally respiratory) anaesthetic is then applied to make sure s/he stays under for the duration of the operation. 2. By itself for short periods of time. This is best for minor operations. 3. Pentothal also has its uses as an anticonvulsant, which can be used (for example) by people caring for epilepsy sufferers. In this context, it is quick and effective, though limited in duration of action. SOURCE: http://everything2.com/title/Sodium+Pentothal |