Effects on asylum seekers of ill treatment in Zaire

BMJ 1996;312:293-294 (3 February)

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Effects on asylum seekers of ill treatment in Zaire

M R Peel, senior lecturer, United Medical and Dental Schools of St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals ^a

^a Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, London NW5 3EJ

To describe the health effects of the political system in Zaireon asylum seekers seen at the Medical Foundation for the Careof Victims of Torture a retrospective study was performed ofthe records of 92 asylum seekers from Zaire who were seen formedical reports at the medical foundation in 1993 and 1994.Eighty one had been imprisoned; the others had been severelyill treated at home by the security services. Sixty six hadbeen detained for up to one year. Prison conditions were invariablyinsanitary, and food of poor quality when provided. All hadbeen beaten on arrest, and all but two had been beaten repeatedlyin prison. Nearly all the women and some of the men describedsexual abuse. Almost all left prison through bribery or becausea guard had a similar . . . [Full text of this article]

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