Scientific magazine PLoS Medecine has published a study by Dr Vincent Iacopino (senior medical adviser for Physicians for Human Rights) and retired Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis on the role played by doctors at the Guantánamo torture centre.

Guantanamo’s premises are structured in separate detention blocks. The study examines the cases of nine people detained in the prison boasting the least severe conditions. It shows that the doctors purposefully covered up abuses and prepped the victims to endure additional ones.

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«Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantanamo Bay : A Case Series», by Dr. Vincent Iacopino & general Stephen Xenakis, PLoS Medicine, 26 april 2011 (6 p., 95 Ko).

Translated from French by Nadège Boinnard.