Police torture in Bangladesh – allegations by refugees in Sweden

Torture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Edston, Erik ^a,b  

^a Department of Forensic Medicine University Hospital ^*  (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; forensic medicine; human rights abuse; PTSD; torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847385661     PISSN: 10188185     EISSN: 19973322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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