The article from the Lebanese Newspaper, Al Hayat, (Friday 24, 2009, issue no. 16821) refers to numerous experiments done on humans in prison camps. These experiments are being carried out in occupied Palestine, Iraq and other countries without patient consent. The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and the infamous Tuskegee Experiments (among others) led to a serious reexamination of ethical standards in research and to the agreement that potential human subjects needed to be protected from being exploited as 'guinea pigs' in scientific research.
The stories revealed in the article are a clear violation of many treaties and codes of research ethics. Yet, they continue to take place and nothing is being done to stop them.
As Dante once said, “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality”.
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