Illustration of a suspect restrained in what the police call an “interrogation chair,” but commonly known as a “tiger chair.”

Illustration of a suspect restrained in what the police call an “interrogation chair,” but commonly known as a “tiger chair.” Former detainees and lawyers interviewed say that police often strap suspects into these metal chairs for hours and even days, often depriving them of sleep and food, and immobilizing them until their legs and buttocks are swollen.

(c) 2015 Russell Christian for Human Rights Watch