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Forced feeding in Guantanamo Bay
Wednesday, 22 May 2013 09:39
Since February 2013, over 20 people held in custody in Guantanamo Bay have been in hunger strike. There are reports that the US has sent in doctors and nurses, who assist in forced feeding, a recogniced violation of human rights and a breach of medical ethics.
New independent report confirms that detainees in US custody were tortured
Sunday, 21 April 2013 21:27
A report released by an indepented task force in the US confirms that the interrogation and treatment of many detainees in US custody since 9/11 amounted to torture.
Health workers under threat in Pakistan
Sunday, 21 April 2013 20:56
Since December 2012, over 20 health workers involved in a polio vaccination campaign have been killed in Pakistan, presumably by the Taliban.
Israel: Medical ethics violations committed by the Israeli Prison Service
Thursday, 18 April 2013 19:51
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel recently published a new report exposing numerous medical ethics violations committed by the Israeli Prison Service.
Bahrain: 21 medics acquitted
Wednesday, 03 April 2013 08:31
Twenty-one medics arrested at a hospital during anti-government protests in Bahrain two years ago have had their convictions annulled. They had been found guilty in November 2012 of misdemeanours after treating protesters injured by police.
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