Petersen H D
Dan Med Bull. 1990 Dec;37(6):556-9.
After a period of unrest in Caracas, Venezuela, in February/March 1989, Amnesty International (AI) received information about torture applied by security forces to people thought to have participated in or organised riots and lootings. In May 1989 a delegation from AI went to Caracas to collect and appraise testimonies of human rights abuses. The delegation consisted of two staff members from the AI International Secretariat, one lawyer and one physician. The primary task of the latter was to assess the validity of the testimonies about torture. A full report (1) including a legal analysis has been published by AI. This paper describes some of the medical aspects of the mission.
1989年2月/3月，委内瑞拉加拉加斯经历了一段动荡时期后，大赦国际（AI）收到有关安全部队对被认为参与或组织骚乱及抢劫活动的人施加酷刑的信息。1989年5月，大赦国际的一个代表团前往加拉加斯收集并评估侵犯人权行为的证词。该代表团由大赦国际国际秘书处的两名工作人员、一名律师和一名医生组成。后者的主要任务是评估有关酷刑证词的真实性。大赦国际已发表了一份完整报告（1），其中包括法律分析。本文描述了该任务的一些医学方面情况。
