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Secret Red Cross Report Reveals Medical Personnel Collusion in CIA Torture

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2009 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News December, 2009, page 20
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Food, Exercise, Toilets, Hygiene Supplies, Noise, Excessive Force, Restraints, Prisoners-International, Terrorism, Transfers-International, Access to Media, Military Prisons. Location: Cuba.
by Matt Clarke

A leaked confidential report issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in February 2007, concerning the treatment of fourteen “high value detainees” in CIA custody, revealed torture and collusion by medical personnel in the prisoners’ mistreatment.

In September 2006, the CIA moved fourteen high ...

 

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