Climate of fear in Syria's hospitals as patients and medics targeted

Publication Date: 25 October 2011 A new report reveals how the wounded have been tortured and ill-treated in least four government-run hospitals, including by medical workers. Teaser image: Amnesty International Index Number: MDE24/059/2011 The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The 39-page report Health Crisis: Syrian Government Targets the Wounded and Health Workers documents how wounded patients in at least four government-run hospitals…

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