U.S. Helsinki Commission to Hold Briefing on the Medical Evidence of Torture by U.S. Personnel

Washington- Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Co-Chairman Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), will hold a briefing on the medical evidence of torture of detainees by U.S. personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay on Thursday, July 24 at 2:00 p.m. in room 311 of the Cannon House Office Building.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) will present its recently released report entitled, "Broken Laws, Broken Lives," which documents torture by U.S. personnel and its impact.

PHR mobilizes health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, public health specialists, and scientists to investigate human rights abuses worldwide.

PANELISTS

Leonard Rubenstein, J.D., President, Physicians for Human Rights

Allen Keller, M.D., Advisor to Physicians for Human Rights and Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture