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Meetings in Israel should be boycotted

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BMJ 1996;312:57 (6 January) Letter


International congresses held in Israel should be boycotted

 

EDITOR,--Derek Summerfield makes a valid point regarding doctors' complicity with torture in Israel.1 Israeli law permits torture under the Landau Commission but limits its degree, in theory. One way of affecting the Israeli Medical Association would be for doctors to boycott the many international congresses held in Israel until the association ensures its members' adherence to international codes against torture.


Consultant physician Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LR
Chris Burns-Cox

1.Summerfield D. Raising the dead: war, reparation, and the politics of memory. BMJ 1995;311:495-7. (19 August.) [Abstract/Free Full Text]
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