Birmingham Mail, 10 October 2007

A Birmingham artist has told of the pain he suffered after putting himself through torture techniques used in the War on Terror. Jiva Parthipan agreed to try the “stress and duress” techniques for the Amnesty International ‘Unsubscribe” campaign. Hooded and dressed in just his underwear, the 33 year old from Moseley was filmed bent double, squatting on boxes with his hand cuffed behind his back. The ‘enhanced interrogation technique’ is said to have been used in Guantanamo Bay. Jiva said; “I thought I could hold the position for about 15 minutes, but after about seven I literally collapsed.” Mozzam Begg, aged 39, from Spark Brook, who was detained at Guantanamo for three years said: “ When I saw it I felt a sense of disbelief, it was things I had endured.”