[bccdee]

> Being "disappeared", at least in Western society, conjures the image of being quietly whisked away from society in an unmarked van

> Now, you add in things like torture and detainment

I'm sorry, where do you think the unmarked van is going? "Now you add in detainment" — detainment at least. If somebody disappears, it's either because they're being kept somewhere secretly or because they've been killed.