Doctors accuse Turkey of torture

ANKARA - Turkish security forces regularly coerce doctors to conceal physical findings of torture among detainees, a US medical…

ANKARA - Turkish security forces regularly coerce doctors to conceal physical findings of torture among detainees, a US medical group said in a report released yesterday.

"The Turkish government permits widespread and systematic torture ... and physicians are coerced to become the unwilling accomplices," said the Boston based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR).

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