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falanga

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Noun1.falanga - a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
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torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
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We have had many years without peace, without rights in this country," explained Sidonie Swana Falanga, president of an association of Congolese Protestant women theologians.
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