What Freedom of Speech? Part I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”  

Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington’s ‘The Clash [...]

Primum non nocere – doctors and torture Part IV

There are many reasons why doctors become involved in torture, ranging from workplace loyalty to threats of violence.
Some doctors work within a bureaucratic structure in which their loyalty to their employer is both assumed and expected. They may even become, as one report described it, ”cogs in a system of state terror”. Doctors may not [...]