September 19, 2008	Friday	Ramazan 18, 1429

NEW YORK, Sep 18: The leading US psychologist’s association has voted to ban its members from taking part in interrogations at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other military detention sites.

The ban means psychologists who are association members cannot assist the US military at these sites and can only work there for humanitarian purposes or with non-governmental groups, according to Stephen Soldz, a Boston psychologist. Soldz is founder of an ethics coalition that has long supported the ban.

Steven Reisner, a New York psychologist who is running for president of the association, said today that members’ votes were counted this week.—AP