Bradley Manning's Military Doctors Accused Over Treatment

Bradley Manning's Military Doctors Accused Over Treatment

By we are stardust on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:24pm |

"A leading group of doctors in the US concerned with the ethical treatment of patients has questioned the role of military psychiatrists in Quantico, Virginia, where the suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is being subjected to harsh treatment that some call torture.

The advocacy body Physicians for Human Rights has sounded the alarm over the role of psychiatrists at the brig in the marine base where Manning has been in custody since last July.

The group sees the psychiatrists as trapped in a situation of "dual loyalty", where their obligations to the military chain of command may conflict with their medical duty to protect their patient."

Meanwhile, Dennis Kucinich is getting the runaround from Gates about his request to see him; his letter is just being passed from one service branch Secretary to another.

URL:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/15/bradley-manning-military-doctors-treatment