US Accused of Crime against Humanity

Local Editor

US experiments in Guatemala which deliberately infected thousands of Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases constitute crimes against humanity, Alfred Lambremont Webre, a war crimes lawyer, according to Press TV.

Since it was a military project, "I think it qualifies as crimes against humanity," Lambremont Webre added.

Between 1946 and 1948, American researchers intentionally infected some 1,500 Guatemalan prisoners, institutionalized mental patients and sex workers with sexually transmitted diseases including Syphilis and Gonorrhea, without their consent or knowledge.

Guatemala's government formed a committee to investigate the experiment, the scientists who conducted the study, individuals informed about it and the victims.

The US government confessed to carrying out the appalling study in Guatemala, and US President Barack Obama apologized to his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom for the experiment.