This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in April 2014 regarding whether waterboarding - defined as "inducing a sense of drowning by pouring water on someone with a bag over their face" - can be considered a form of torture, or not. During this survey, 66 percent of respondents said they considered waterboarding a form of torture.
United States: Do you think that waterboarding is torture?
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YouGov. (May 6, 2014). United States: Do you think that waterboarding is torture? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/298798/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture/
YouGov. "United States: Do you think that waterboarding is torture?." Chart. May 6, 2014. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/298798/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture/
YouGov. (2014). United States: Do you think that waterboarding is torture?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/298798/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture/
YouGov. "United States: Do You Think That Waterboarding Is Torture?." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2014, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/298798/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture/
YouGov, United States: Do you think that waterboarding is torture? Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/298798/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
United States: Do you think that waterboarding is torture? [Graph], YouGov, May 6, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/298798/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture/