BREAKING: Turkey Threatens Doctors and First Responders, Violates Medical Neutrality

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Sat, 2013-06-22 22:13 — Gina Angiola

By Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org
June 15th, 2013

The Turkish Health Ministry issued a threat to take medical licenses to practice away from doctors who have been providing treatment to the protesters in Istanbul. They are also demanding the names of all medical volunteers including Emergency Medicine Technicians. This threat constitutes a violation of the human right of the protesters to receive treatment and the principle of medical neutrality...

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