Syrian Army used hospitals as torture cells against protesters (Mian Shakeel Aslam)

Mian Shakeel Aslam--- Patients in hospitals by the government in Syria is performed in an attempt to stifle dissent, tortured, she complains that Amnesty International report.

The 39-page report says at least four patients in public hospitals, victims of torture and other ill-treatment, including medical staff were.

Many civilians were injured in mind that no longer walk safely to the hospital, he says.

The Syrian authorities have denied torturing opponents of the government.

Protests against the government, which first emerged in March to suppress, despite attempts by President Bashar al-Assad continued.

The UN says more than 3,000 people in seven months, the unrest has died, Syria has "terrorists" and "armed gangs" responsible.

International journalists face severe restrictions on the information in Syria, and it is difficult to verify the reports.

"Serious"
Amnesty Middle East and North Africa said researchers penicillin Nasser that the Syrian authorities seem to have, "given the security forces a free hand in the hospitals."

"In many cases seem to have hospital staff participated in torture and mistreatment of people who actually care," he said in a statement.

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If we know a request to the Central Blood Bank, the security that we from him, and threatened or detention and torture "

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"Given the scale of suffering and the severity of injuries to people across the country, it is disturbing to see that many believe it is safer to avoid the risk of serious injury treated instead to proper medical facilities."

The human rights organization documented cases where patients had been withdrawn from hospitals.

In September, according to the report, security forces raided a hospital in Homs to oppose on the lookout for an alleged armed camp commandant, the government.

You did not find him, arrested 18 people injured, said Amnesty. An employee said he had to withdraw at least an unconscious patient on your fan before he was hit.

Blood "dilemma"
A doctor who had worked in a private hospital in Homs, Amnesty reported that hospitals a "dilemma" need to be patient, the blood because the blood bank has been under the control of the Department of Defense.

"We face a dilemma every time a patient receives a firearm injuries and an urgent need for blood when a request to the Central Blood Bank, the security that we know of him and threatened or imprisonment, torture and even death, in custody, "Amnesty said.

Amnesty said there was no evidence that patients had suffered abuse in the national hospitals Baniyas, Homs and Tell Kalakh and the Military Hospital in Homs.

Ahmad, a doctor at Homs, said he saw disappearing, hospitals in many patients, who had worked in

He told the BBC that he had the director of the hospital after that alerted one.14 years old, was born with gunshot wounds, was beaten by a nurse

He was later to visit the building's security, after the nurse told officers that he was part of an Islamic organization called for. He did not, he said, rather than leave the choice to Syria.

Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15433916