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Experiments in Torture: Physicians group alleges US conducted illegal research on detainees
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today released evidence it says indicates that the Bush administration conducted "illegal and unethical human experimentation and research" on detainees' response to torture while in CIA custody after 9/11. The group says such illegal activity would violate the
Nuremburg Code, and could open the door to prosecutions. Their report is based on publicly available documents, and explores the participation of medical professionals in the CIA's "
enhanced interrogation program." Download the full report at
phrtorturepapers.org.
Boing Boing spoke with the lead medical author of the report,
Dr. Scott Allen, who is co-director of the
Center For Prisoner Health and Human Rights at
Brown University, and Medical Advisor to
PHR.