Briefing on the Medical Evidence of Torture by U.S. Personnel

Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), held a briefing with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), regarding the medical evidence of torture of detainees by U.S. personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. Representatives of PHR presented their recently released report entitled, "Broken Laws, Broken Lives," in which they documented individual cases of torture, the impact on detainees and made recommendations based on the findings of their investigation.