Amnesty International’s Doctors Coordinating Committee hosts Survive and Testify, an international convention in Rome on the medical and psychological consequences of torture. In Italy it is the first time these issues are dealt with in medical circles. Taking their cue from this event, Amnesty International doctors and psychologists working in Rome found, as volunteers, a clinical organization whose activities are parallel to and in sync with activities promoted by Amnesty International. The association known as Doctors Against Torture is born.
