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Doctors who assist in torture should be brought to justice
Near-silence surrounds the issue of doctors’ complicity in the torture of terrorist suspects, writes William Hopkins.
By William Hopkins
The issue of Western complicity in the torture of terrorist suspects is not going away.
In Britain, each day brings new demands for an inquiry into the security services' alleged involvement – not least in a severely critical report published this week by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
In the US, the imminent release of a CIA report from 2004 is expected to reveal a "Technicolor horror show" sanctioned by senior government lawyers.
FOR THE COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/5984212/Doctors-who-assist-in-torture-should-be-brought-to-justice.html
Dr William Hopkins is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/
© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2009
Doctors who assist in torture should be brought to justice
Near-silence surrounds the issue of doctors’ complicity in the torture of terrorist suspects, writes William Hopkins.
By William Hopkins
The issue of Western complicity in the torture of terrorist suspects is not going away.
In Britain, each day brings new demands for an inquiry into the security services' alleged involvement – not least in a severely critical report published this week by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
In the US, the imminent release of a CIA report from 2004 is expected to reveal a "Technicolor horror show" sanctioned by senior government lawyers.
FOR THE COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/5984212/Doctors-who-assist-in-torture-should-be-brought-to-justice.html
Dr William Hopkins is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/
© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2009
