Physicians ignored Guantanamo torture evidence

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Dr.Vincent Iacopino of “Physicians for Human Rights” about a report he helped write which claims that medical personnel serving at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility ignored evidence that prisoners there had been tortured. Download MP3

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Afghanistan’s precarious moment

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On our history podcast this week, The World’s Jeb Sharp looks at the history of warlordism in Afghanistan after the return of the notorious Uzbek leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum. We consider the legacy of Afghanistan’s civil strife and its regional and ethnic politics and the implications for this week’s elections. AP Photo/Darko Bandic. >>> Click here to subscribe to Jeb’s “How We Got Here” podcast.

Darfur refugees still suffering in Chad

A new report from Physicians for Human Rights documents the impact of rape and sexual violence on Darfuri women refugees living in Chad. Many women live with the trauma of attacks that happened when they first fled Darfur. But those are compounded by the ongoing daily threat of rape in and around the camps where [...]