Guantanamo medics similar to doctors who abetted Biko death: Lancet letter

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PARIS (AFP) — US medics who abet abuse at Guantanamo Bay are akin to the doctors who covered up the murder of South African anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko 30 years ago, a protest letter published in The Lancet says.

Its 260 signatories, who include doctors, professors of medicine and anti-torture activists, accuse the US medical authorities of closing ranks to protect military medical workers involved in the War on Terror ...

They see "strong parallels" with two South African doctors, Benjamin Tucker and Ivor Lang, who falsified records to cover up the fatal beating meted to Biko, who died in police custody in 1977. The duo's role was only uncovered eight years later, thanks to grassroots agitation by other doctors.

In 1991, Tucker expressed remorse, saying he had become too closely identified with the organs of state and lost contact with his duty as a doctor to protect the wellbeing of his patient.

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[Mojorabbit]

1. Those docs

deserve to have their liscences pulled and I hope it happens.