Abid Aslam

Medical ethics have been corrupted because doctors and medical bodies have taken direct and indirect part in abusing prisoners detained as part of what U.S. and other officials call the "war on terror," a senior British Medical Association (BMA) official said Thursday. "Governmental and medical bodies have begun adjusting and blurring their ethical guidance, tilting … Continue reading “Medical Professionals Bending Ethics in Terror War”

A month-long U.N. conference on halting the spread of nuclear weapons neared the end of its first week Friday deadlocked over how to strengthen the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The meeting opened Monday without a set agenda. Diplomats warned it could end in four weeks without a final statement even as U.N. officials and disarmament advocates … Continue reading “US Nuclear Weapons Hypocrisy Highlighted at Conference”

Rights watchdogs have seized on this week’s anniversary of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal to protest what they termed a lack of accountability for the torture of prisoners in U.S. custody, and to warn that problems which came to light at the prison in Iraq merely were “the tip of the iceberg.” The U.S. … Continue reading “One Year Later, Abu Ghraib Scandal Seen as ‘Tip of Iceberg’”