“Israeli” Doctors Partners in Palestinian Prisoners’ Torture Crimes
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Being part in their entity's crimes against Palestinian prisoners, "Israeli" Medical professionals are accused of not documenting and reporting injuries caused by the ill-treatment and torture of detainees by security personnel.
A report by "Israeli" Public Committee against Torture (PCAT) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) shows that "Israeli" medical staffs are also failing to report suspicion of torture and ill-treatment, returning detainees to their interrogators and passing medical information to interrogators in violation of all medical ethical codes.
The report, Doctoring the Evidence, Abandoning the Victim, to be published later this month, is based on 100 cases of Palestinian prisoners brought to PCAT since 2007.
It says: "This report reveals significant evidence arousing the suspicion that many doctors ignore the complaints of their patients; that they allow "Israeli" Security Agency interrogators to use torture; approve the use of forbidden interrogation methods and the ill-treatment of helpless detainees; and conceal information, thereby allowing total immunity for the torturers."
The ill-treatment of detainees, some of whose cases are detailed in the 61-page report, includes beatings, being held for long periods in stress positions, hands being tightly tied with plastic cuffs, sleep deprivation and threats.
The report cites "countless cases wherein individuals testified to injuries inflicted upon them during detention or in interrogation, and yet the medical record from the hospital or the prison service makes no mention of it."
"A medical report should include a description and photograph of the injury, the victim's account of events and a record of treatment," the report stresses.
Among the cases it cites is "BA", arrested in November 2010. In an affidavit he revealed that he was beaten, held in stress positions and deprived of sleep.
He said he told doctors of his ill-treatment and said he was suffering from severe arm, leg and back pain. His medical record shows that he was seen by doctors but the only comment noted is that the patient had no complaints and was in good overall condition.
Another, "MA", arrested in June 2008, reported in an affidavit that his hands were cuffed with tight plastic ties, he was held in kneeling position resting on his fingertips for hours, and his head was slammed into a bench 20 times causing an eye injury.
A medical report the following day included a comment from a doctor: "Overall condition satisfactory, heartbeat regular." A further examination, two weeks later, resulted in doctor's comment: "Complains of pain in teeth, eyes".
The report also accuses "Israeli" medics of returning detainees to interrogators following treatment of injuries. This is a violation of ethical obligations and "also serves as a stamp of approval for the interrogators, who rely on the doctors' action as having granted medical permission to continue with their practices".
Source: Guardian Newspaper, Edited by moqawama.org
Being part in their entity's crimes against Palestinian prisoners, "Israeli" Medical professionals are accused of not documenting and reporting injuries caused by the ill-treatment and torture of detainees by security personnel.
A report by "Israeli" Public Committee against Torture (PCAT) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) shows that "Israeli" medical staffs are also failing to report suspicion of torture and ill-treatment, returning detainees to their interrogators and passing medical information to interrogators in violation of all medical ethical codes.
The report, Doctoring the Evidence, Abandoning the Victim, to be published later this month, is based on 100 cases of Palestinian prisoners brought to PCAT since 2007.
It says: "This report reveals significant evidence arousing the suspicion that many doctors ignore the complaints of their patients; that they allow "Israeli" Security Agency interrogators to use torture; approve the use of forbidden interrogation methods and the ill-treatment of helpless detainees; and conceal information, thereby allowing total immunity for the torturers."
The ill-treatment of detainees, some of whose cases are detailed in the 61-page report, includes beatings, being held for long periods in stress positions, hands being tightly tied with plastic cuffs, sleep deprivation and threats.
The report cites "countless cases wherein individuals testified to injuries inflicted upon them during detention or in interrogation, and yet the medical record from the hospital or the prison service makes no mention of it."
"A medical report should include a description and photograph of the injury, the victim's account of events and a record of treatment," the report stresses.
Among the cases it cites is "BA", arrested in November 2010. In an affidavit he revealed that he was beaten, held in stress positions and deprived of sleep.
He said he told doctors of his ill-treatment and said he was suffering from severe arm, leg and back pain. His medical record shows that he was seen by doctors but the only comment noted is that the patient had no complaints and was in good overall condition.
Another, "MA", arrested in June 2008, reported in an affidavit that his hands were cuffed with tight plastic ties, he was held in kneeling position resting on his fingertips for hours, and his head was slammed into a bench 20 times causing an eye injury.
A medical report the following day included a comment from a doctor: "Overall condition satisfactory, heartbeat regular." A further examination, two weeks later, resulted in doctor's comment: "Complains of pain in teeth, eyes".
The report also accuses "Israeli" medics of returning detainees to interrogators following treatment of injuries. This is a violation of ethical obligations and "also serves as a stamp of approval for the interrogators, who rely on the doctors' action as having granted medical permission to continue with their practices".
Source: Guardian Newspaper, Edited by moqawama.org
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