American Public Health Association Condemns Participation of Medicalpersonnel in Physical and Emotional Abuse of Military Prisoners
U.S. Newswire › January 06, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association (APHA) today expressed its outrage about reports of health practitioner participation in the abuse of military detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"These practices are unacceptable and, if true, violate the Geneva Conventions," said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, APHA executive director.See the full content of this document
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American Public Health Association Condemns Participation of Medicalpersonnel in Physical and Emotional Abuse of Military Prisoners
The Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, U.S. Army...
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