For Immediate Release
The confidential International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) report on the treatment of detainees by the CIA published last month, the Office of Legal Counsel memos released on April 16th and the Senate Armed Services Committee report released on April 21st document how deeply involved health professionals were in forming and facilitating detention and interrogation policies.
PHR urges the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to include a full investigation into the role of health professionals as part of the Committee's ongoing review of the CIA's detention and interrogation program.
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is a New York-based advocacy organization that uses science and medicine to prevent mass atrocities and severe human rights violations. Learn more here.