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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
David Batty

Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’

A picture of two women's feet in plastic sandals
An MSF image of an aid worker and patient. A photo in the same series was criticised for identifying a girl who had been gang-raped. Photograph: Newsha Tavakolian/Magnum Photos/MSF

Doctors, photographers, human rights activists and academics have written to Médecins Sans Frontières to raise concerns that the medical charity is exploiting the trauma of vulnerable patients to promote its work.

In an open letter to the international president and MSF board, almost 50 signatories, who include current and former staff, allege that the aid organisation has commissioned, published and allowed the sale of photographs that endanger and exploit vulnerable black people, including children.

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