Hunger: Deprivation and manipulation of food as a torture method. State of the art in research and ways forward

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  • Pau Pérez-Sales Editor-in-Chief, Torture Journal

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https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v30i3.123318

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Hunger, Torture, Starvation, Food Deprivation

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Pérez-Sales, P. (2021). Hunger: Deprivation and manipulation of food as a torture method. State of the art in research and ways forward. Torture Journal, 30(3), 3–19. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v30i3.123318