Zimbabwe 'state agents' tried to cover up post-election violence, say doctors
by Jason Burke Africa correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#438EP)
Government pathologists forced to describe gunshot wounds as stab injuries, report alleges
Doctors in Zimbabwe have accused "state agents" of pressuring medical officials to falsify diagnoses to cover up violence by security services and the army after historic elections this year.
In a report, the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) alleges government pathologists at public hospitals were forced to describe gunshot injuries as stab wounds.
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