Broken Laws, Broken Lives (Physicians for Human Rights)

After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts, and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.

—Maj. General Antonio M. Taguba (USA-Ret.), preface to Broken Laws, Broken Lives

In PHR’s new report, Broken Laws, Broken Lives, we have for the first time medical evidence to confirm first-hand accounts of men who endured torture by US personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay. These men were never charged with any crime.

To download either the Executive Summary or the full text of the free report Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact, please register on our site with your name, email address and postal code. We promise to keep your name and contact information confidential. But we’d like to thank you for reading and keep you informed of ways to learn more and take action.

Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact

Broken Laws, Broken Lives Website (Downloadable PDF files of executive summary and full report. Registration required.)