Human rights groups accuse doctors of failing to document signs of torture and returning detainees to interrogators
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 November 2011
"Medical professionals in Israel are being accused of failing to document and report injuries caused by the ill-treatment and torture of detainees by security personnel in violation of their ethical code.
A report by two Israeli human rights organisations, the Public Committee Against Torture (PCAT) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), claims that medical staff are also failing to report suspicion of torture and ill-treatment, returning detainees to their interrogators and passing medical information to interrogators...."
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