MIL OSI – Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement
Headline: WMA condemns use of doctors in Saudi Arabia flogging
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WMA condemns use of doctors in Saudi Arabia flogging – ASMS
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The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is the professional association and union uniting doctors and dentists in New Zealand.
9 February 2015
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World Medical Association media release
The use of doctors to assess prisoners’ fitness for being flogged in Saudi Arabia has been strongly condemned by the World Medical Association (WMA). In a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia, the WMA President Dr Xavier Deau has called for a halt to the flogging of writer and activist Raif Badawi and his immediate release. He also challenged a standard procedure in Saudi Arabia whereby doctors are required to assess prisoners’ fitness before they are flogged. The full media release can be read here.
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