Doctors at Guantanamo Ignored Signs of Torture, Group Says
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U.S. military doctors at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ignored signs of torture among prisoners and failed to investigate physical and psychological injuries they observed there, according to a study in the medical journal PLoS Medicine.
An examination of medical records of nine inmates at the U.S. military prison revealed clear signs of injuries consistent with torture as defined by a United Nations treaty and exceeding interrogation limits the U.S. considered legal, according to the report.