Obama, Provide Independent Medical Examiners to Guantanamo Detainees
- Target: President Obama
- Sponsored by: Susan V
The United Nations and World Medical Association require that
Guantanamo detainees have access to independent medical advice and
examinations. But they aren’t getting it.
In response to this violation and a public plea by detainees, a
group of 150 doctors from around the world and including the U.S. have
published an open letter to President Obama urging him to correct this
injustice.
The plea comes from several detainees engaged in a hunger strike as
their only means of attracting attention to their plight. In
retaliation, military doctors are force-feeding them in a very painful
and abusive manner, they reported last month in a letter to the
Guardian.
The detainees are pleading for independent medical care because
they say military doctors are compromising their duty to patients and
putting loyalty to their superiors first. Detainees insist they cannot trust them, and without this trust, acceptable medical care is impossible.
Ask President Obama to provide independent medical examiners to Guantanamo detainees. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN!
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