“The trauma Donald Trump’s administration caused to young children and parents separated at the US-Mexico border constitutes torture, according to evaluations of 26 children and adults by the group Physicians for Human Rights (PHR).
The not-for-profit group’s report provides the first in-depth look at the psychological impact of family separation, which the US government continued despite warnings from the nation’s top medical bodies.”
‘Legal experts have argued family separation constituted torture, but this is the first time a medical group has reached the determination.”
— “Trump’s separation of families constitutes torture, doctors find,” Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian
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