Doctors say those who treated patients after attack have been told they and their families will be targeted if they speak out
The head of the largest medical relief agency in Syria claims that medics who responded to the suspected gas attack in Douma
have been subjected to “extreme intimidation” by Syrian officials who
seized biological samples, forced them to abandon patients and demanded
their silence.
Dr Ghanem Tayara, the director of the Union of Medical Care and
Relief Organisations (UOSSM) said doctors responsible for treating
patients in the hours after the 7 April attack have been told that their
families will be at risk if they offer public testimonies about what
took place.
A number of doctors who spoke to the Guardian this week say the
intimidation from the regime has increased in the past five days, a
timeframe that coincides with the arrival in Damascus of a team from the
Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW), which aims to determine whether chemical weapons were used. All
the medics insisted on anonymity, citing the fear for their lives and
those of their families.
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