Does The Lancet Medical Journal Legitimize Terrorism?
Last week, Indian Doctors were outraged to read an Editorial in “TheLancet” , a highly reputed International Medical Journal, on a political situation in the Indian state of J&Kunder the garb of Mental Health concern. All this amounts to blatant interfering in internal affairs of a Sovereign Nation, that too with a distorted, fabricated narrative in a Journal meant for ethical scientific deliberation of Medical & Healthcare issues . To it’s credit, the Editorial made no effort to hide the political Nature of the message as conveyed in the title, despite the mention of Mental Health issues within. All this by selective references to UN Human Rights report (OHCHR) already rejected by the Indian Government, and biased reports on Mental Health in Kashmir. While the Editorial shows concern for health, safety & freedom of “Kashmiris” in the Kashmir province, Lancet admits “Autonomous status revoked’ applies to the entire state of J&K including the provinces of...