Release of Top Secret CIA Document Reveals Deeper Medical Complicity in Torture Program
For Immediate Release
Friday, November 16, 2018
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Physicians for Human Rights
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Jonathan Hutson
Chief Communications Officer
jhutson [at] phrusa [dot] org
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WASHINGTON - With the release of a previously top secret document – made public thanks to a legal victory by the ACLU – disclosing the role of the Office of Medical Services (OMS) in the CIA’s torture program, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reminds health professionals that torture, in all its forms, is one of the most serious human rights violations and is absolutely prohibited under U.S. and international law, and that any collusion in its implementation – from planning through monitoring – is a gross violation of professional ethi...