Gitmo and Torture

Human rights at Guantanamo / Inspired essay 5/5/06

Today on Insight you'll hear prominent experts, including "Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman, discuss the role of human rights in the treatment of prisoners at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo. Other guests include former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain James Yee; Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights; and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of History Alfred McCoy.

Amy Goodman moderates "A Conversation about Guantanamo" with our guests at 7:00 p.m. tonight at Freeborn Hall on the UC Davis campus. Information: (530) 752-1915.

Dr. Martin Luther King once said "Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." You'll hear the young man whose essay inspired by these words won a local contest sponsored by the Sacramento chapter of the Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Physicians for Human Rights campaign against torture

Spherio hosts Amy Battisti-Ashe and Kendra Johnson interview Nathaniel Raymond, a senior communications strategist for Physicians for Human Rights. We discuss the efforts of the "No Torture Campaign" in the context of the growing focus on CIA torture policy in the news. Nathaniel shares his expertise on the history of the current "enhanced interrogation" policies, the magnitude of torture and its health impacts on the victims, and the role of psychologists and medical doctors working for the CIA. See http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/ for more information.