Editing Flagellation (section)

=== Syria ===
In [[Syria]], where torture of [[political dissidents]], [[Prisoners of War|POWs]] and [[civilians]] is extremely common,<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/12/16/if-dead-could-speak/mass-deaths-and-torture-syrias-detention-facilities | title=If the Dead Could Speak | journal=Human Rights Watch | date=16 December 2015 | last1=Houry | first1=Nadim | access-date=17 April 2020 | archive-date=11 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111095730/https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/12/16/if-dead-could-speak/mass-deaths-and-torture-syrias-detention-facilities | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5135217/brutal-torture-in-syrian-prison-network-detailed-by-new-york-times-investigation-1.5135802| title = Brutal torture in Syrian prison network detailed by New York Times investigation {{!}} CBC Radio| access-date = 17 April 2020| archive-date = 5 June 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200605090809/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5135217/brutal-torture-in-syrian-prison-network-detailed-by-new-york-times-investigation-1.5135802| url-status = live}}</ref> flagellation has become one of the most common forms of [[torture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sn4hr.org/wp-content/pdf/english/Documentation_of_72_Torture_Methods_the_Syrian_Regime_Continues_to_Practice_in_Its_Detention_Centers_and_Military_Hospitals_en.pdf|title=Documentation of 72 torture methods the Syrian regime continues to practice in its detention centers and military hospitals|website=sn4hr.org|date=21 October 2019|access-date=3 September 2023|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120053921/https://sn4hr.org/wp-content/pdf/english/Documentation_of_72_Torture_Methods_the_Syrian_Regime_Continues_to_Practice_in_Its_Detention_Centers_and_Military_Hospitals_en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Flagellation is used by both the [[Free Syrian Army]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/17/syria-end-opposition-use-torture-executions|title = Syria: End Opposition Use of Torture, Executions|date = 17 September 2012|access-date = 17 April 2020|archive-date = 21 March 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200321000636/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/17/syria-end-opposition-use-torture-executions|url-status = live}}</ref> and the [[Syrian Arab Army]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/rare-video-evidence-of-torture-in-syrian-hospitals/|title=Rare Video Evidence of Torture in Syrian Hospitals|website=[[PBS]]|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027095928/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/rare-video-evidence-of-torture-in-syrian-hospitals/|url-status=live}}</ref> but is not practiced by the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/18/syria-abuses-kurdish-run-enclaves|title=Syria: Abuses in Kurdish-run Enclaves|date=18 June 2014|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202135232/https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/18/syria-abuses-kurdish-run-enclaves|url-status=live}}</ref> [[ISIS]] most commonly used flagellation in which people would be tied to a ceiling and whipped.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/19/iraq-chilling-accounts-torture-deaths|title = Iraq: Chilling Accounts of Torture, Deaths|date = 19 August 2018|access-date = 17 April 2020|archive-date = 2 April 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200402134811/https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/19/iraq-chilling-accounts-torture-deaths|url-status = live}}</ref> It was extremely common in [[Raqqa Stadium]], a makeshift prison where prisoners were tortured.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/smuggled-video-testimony-harsh-rule-of-syrian-islamista-raqqa|title = Smuggled video testimony documents harsh rule of Syrian Islamist group|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 19 February 2014|access-date = 17 April 2020|archive-date = 29 March 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200329200100/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/smuggled-video-testimony-harsh-rule-of-syrian-islamista-raqqa|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/secrets-of-the-black-stadium-in-raqqa-inside-isis-house-of-horror|title = Secrets of the Black Stadium: In Raqqa, Inside ISIS' House of Horror|newspaper = The Daily Beast|date = 24 October 2017|last1 = Wilgenburg|first1 = Wladimir van|access-date = 17 April 2020|archive-date = 6 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200806021408/https://www.thedailybeast.com/secrets-of-the-black-stadium-in-raqqa-inside-isis-house-of-horror|url-status = live}}</ref> It was also common for those who did not follow ISIS strict laws to be publicly flogged.