Medical council should review action against doctor after torture ruling

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said yesterday that Justice Roxane George’s ruling in the teenager torture case now challenges the Medical Council of Guyana to review its treatment of the matter.

Last week, Justice George awarded $6.5 million compensation against the Attorney General and two police officers and found that the teen had been tortured and his fundamental human rights flagrantly violated. The 15 year-old boy was brutally tortured while in police custody,