After serving 14 your site guantanamo, the british resident is on his way home to london. He was cleared for release in 2007. Then, how the other half banks. They can gain a huge process because the Business Model is such you have to keep renewing the loan and the keeps accumulating interest and fees for you and a paying at all. Lending in the payday Business Model is this idea that you can be indebted for a very long time. It is a trap that a lot of lowincome people get into, but it is completely a rational choice amy author Mehrsa Baradaran on the threat to democracy. Then harvard versus the prisoners. The Harvard Debate Team squares off a group of inmates in a debate. Who one . The answer might surprise you. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. British resident shaker aamer has been released from guantanamo after more than 13 years in prison. Aamer had been cleared for release since 2007, but the pentagon kept him locked up without charge. During his time in captivity, he claims he was subjected to abuses including torture, beatings and sleep deprivation. , at one point, he lost half his body weight while on a hunger strike. He is en route to london today. In texas 27 women imprisoned at , a forprofit immigrant Detention Center say they have launched ammediate release. The majority of the women are from central america. There held at the T Don Hutto Residential Center in taylor, texas, as they apply for asylum. The immigration and Customs EnforcementAgency Denies the hunger strike. This comes as another is held at louisianas forprofit lasalle Detention Center for entering its 12th day. In Turkey Police have raided the , offices of news outlets ahead of Sundays National election. Turkish journalist mustafa kilic, who works for one of the newspapers, spoke out. We came to work feeling as if we are criminals. We prepared todays newspapers under police blockade. We of mentioned it in our stories. We are under police blockade. Psychologically, we cannot work postop and that is how we prepared this newspaper for print. The trustees came and said, go away, if that is i you think. Amy in yemen, Doctors Without Borders is seeking security guarantees after one of its hospitals was bombed by u. S. Backed saudiled airstrikes monday. At least one nurse was injured in the strikes. Saudi authorities have denied their forces carried out the bombing. The attack in yemen comes weeks after a u. S. Gunship repeatedly bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, killed as many as 30 people. Meanwhile, an estimated 700 medical professionals have been killed in syria since the war began in 2011. On thursday, hundreds of medical workers staged a diein near the new york city to protest the targeting of health care workers. Dr. Deane marchbein of Doctors Without Borders spoke out. I have worked in syria. I have worked and supported syria. And the Syrian People are asking, has the world forgotten about us . Do they know what is happening . Do they know that snipers are targeting doctors and nurses . This is horrible. It is unacceptable. Amy this comes as secretary of state john kerry meets with officials from nearly 20 nations, including iran, saudi arabia, russia, turkey, britain, france, and germany to discuss the ongoing conflict in syria. Is the first of the rent is taking part in global talks on syria after the u. S. Stopped objecting to its involvement. In florida, a retired tampa Police Captain accused of fatally shooting a man at the movies after a dispute about texting during a movie is reportedly planning to use floridas controversial stand your ground law in his defense. Police say former captain Curtis Reeves began arguing with fellow moviegoer chad oulson about his texting. Reeves claims oulson then hit him in the face, although witnesses, including reeves own wife, dispute that claim. Reeves lawyers plan to argue that the shooting was justified under the stand your ground law because reeves had reasonable belief his life was in danger. Both former captain reeves and oulson are white. Meanwhile, in texas, a white Police Officer who is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed African American man has persuaded a judge to throw out the case after arguing he is immune from state charges because he was working for a federal task force at the time of the shooting. Officer Charles Kleinert was employed as an austin Police Officer in 2013 when he says he accidentally shot and killed larry jackson, jr. The officer began chasing jackson after the man allegedly attempted to enter a locked bank and then fled. When officer kleinert caught up with jackson, he says he meant to hit the man in the neck with his pistol. Instead, the officer fired his gun, killing jackson. On thursday, a texas judge ruled the state court has no jurisdiction over officer eirt ithis cas bau he hadeen investigating an unrelated bank robbery foris fetask wn he beg the chase. In mexico city, the museum of memory and tolerance has unveiled an altar to the journalists killed over the last decade ahead of this weekends day of the dead celebrations. At least 32 reporters have been killed in mexico since 1992, making it one of the most deadly countries for journalists. Dario ramirez of the Human Rights Group article 19 spoke at the unveiling. It is an altar that speaks for itself of the punishing silence which undermines the societies right to be informed. It is a humble altar, but the nation right in gordons which is clearly nationwide importance. This simply a reminder of what we are losing. Amy in washington, the senate has passed a bipartisan budget jill to avert government default. The twoyear budget includes cuts to social security, disability benefits and medicare payments to providers. The revenue wld come from sales of u. S. Oil reserves and for teliklic airwaves medications firms. It will also increase military spending by about 25 billion for each of the next two fiscal years. The European Parliament has voted to support a nonbinding resolution that calls on eu Member States to protect nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden from extradition. On thursday, the parliament voted 285281 to prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and International Human rights defender. Snowden celebrated the vote as a game changer. And those are some of the headlines. This democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Juan welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. The wars in syria, afghanistan and yemen have been devastating for civilians, but attacks just this month lay bare the dangers to medical personnel as well. The latest figures from Doctors Without Borders say the u. S. Airstrike on its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan killed 30 people 13 workers, 10 patients, and 7 others who remain unidentified. Another 27 staffers were injured along with an unknown number of patients and caretakers. The bombing left the 94bed Trauma Center in ruins and hundreds of thousands of afghans without a critical surgical facility. Doctors without borders has accused the United States of a war crime and demanded an independent international probe. Just three weeks later, another Doctors Without Borders hospital was destroyed in yemen, this time by the u. S. Backed Saudiled Coalition that has waged war there since march. Doctors without borders says hospital staff and patients managed to escape as the facility was hit multiple times over a twohour period monday night. The hospitals roof was marked with the Doctors Without Borders logo, and gps coordinates had been shared with the Saudiled Coalition multiple times. Doctors without borders says the attack will leave 200,000 people without access to medical care. Amy meanwhile, syria, the worlds deadliest conflict, has also been the deadliest for medical workers. Nearly 700 medical personnel have been killed since the war erupted in march 2011. The Group Physicians for human rights says there have been more than 300 attacks on Health Facilities with the Syrian Regime responsible 90 of the time. According to Doctors Without Borders, airstrikes in syria have killed at least 35 patients and medical staff since an escalation in bombings late last month. 12 syrian hospitals were targeted, six were forced to close. The Group Physicians for human rights says russian airstrikes have damaged six syrian Health Facilities this month, killing at least four civilians and wounding six medical staffers. The violence against Health Workers in syria was the focus thursday of a major demonstration in new york city. Hundreds of medical professionals and volunteers donned white coats and took part in a diein near the United Nations. They lay on the ground to represent the nearly 700 colleagues who have lost their lives. Health care personnel, hospitals, and balances are being targeted, which means that whole communities dont have access to care. Our syrian colleagues, many of them are like the only remaining medical providers in communities of tens of thousands, hundreds thousand theyre taking great personal risk to provide access to health care for their community. We stand in solidarity. I have worked in syria. I have worked in support of syria. And the Syrian People are asking, has the world forgotten about us . Do they know what is happening . Do they know that snipers are targeting doctors and nurses . This is horrible. This is an acceptable. Various people and various groups are targeting hospitals because they know if they wipe out the First Responders and the doctors, all the injured will die. If you injure, one of the things people dont know about an explosive device, is the actual number of people injured for each person killed is actually 20 to one. So when you hear a boost of one person died, you have to multiply by 20. Get rid of the doctors, and those 20 people dont make it. Amy thursdays protest came on the eve of international talks on the syria crisis in vienna, austria. Iran, a key assad regime ally, is taking part for the first time after the u. S. Dropped its objection to its involvement. We are joined now by two guests. Widney brown is director of programs at physicians for human rights, which helped organize thursdays diein to protest the killings of medical professionals in syria. And we are joined by a syrian doctor who is using a pseudonym, majed aboali, to protect his safety. He is a Syrian Health worker from east ghouta and coordinator for United Medical office of east ghouta. He fled syria last year and now lives in turkey. We welcome you both to democracy now talk about the diein and what is happening in syria come also the bombings of the Doctors Without Border hospital and afghanistan and yemen. The attack on hospitals in the killing of medical workers in syria is at a skill recently of never seen before. It is undermining a really long established norm, 150 your norm that says hospitals and medical providers must be protected in conflict, not targeted. What is happening in syria is devastating both to the Health Care Infrastructure and the ability to help people who need Health Care Services either because their victims and the bombing themselves or for other medical needs. And at this point, as you said, 90 of the attacks on hospitals we have been able to confirm our by the Syrian Government. Of the killing of doctors and other medical professionals come again, is by the Syrian Government. Juan the protest was at the United Nations. What can the United Nations do in this conflict . The Human Security council is charged with maintaining peace and security and for nearly five years, it is been completely paralyzed with regard to the conflict in syria. They did pass a resolution where they exquisitely said the Syrian Government and all other parties of the conflict must stop the attacks on hot totals, schools, and attacks on civilians. Is set in the resolution, if there is evidence of noncompliance, it will take further action. That was two years ago. Im not sure what more evidence they need, but we need stronger actions by the un Security Council. Amy majed aboali dr. Majed aboali, tell us your story. You come from good to . Yes, which is from the capital damascus. There is been no electricity. There is no food. It is completely we are struggling just to get our food. In mayorn there and 2014, a good no more because i family and that the right to live. My decisions to stay and help people supporting medical , and the hospitals to provide Health Services for people and to treat the injuries. Maybe would affect i family. I just want my kids to be safe. This could affect my son and my future and his future. He is the right to have a safe goodl, at least, to have systems. Im working now inigo where . In turkey. The city in the south. Not just because it is due the syrian border. You can fill your very close if your home and you can at least be in contact with people. Your colleagues were forced to build them in essence, an underground Health System when you are in syria . Axa, hospitals were targeted actually, hospitals were targeted. Tortured to death in the persian prisons of the resumes. About 500,000 people are living where im at. Before it was more than one million. When the regime hold the forces on the ground outside of this [indiscernible] stop all the services. Thatappened november 2012. Before we were treating the injuries because they were not allowed to be treated in the hospitals, neither the public or private hospitals, or they would be arrested. So were just treating them away from the regimes security. Now we have to provide all services for the people who are living in this area. So you have to provide primary health care all kinds of Health Services. It is too dangerous to work over the ground. We began today underground. This not healthy to have a hospital underground. It is a shame the doctor has to walk underground just to be safe. Amy i want to go back to the ghouta attack. Hundreds of syrian civilians died in a chemical attack. The incident nearly caused the United States to launch military strikes in syria after the Obama Administration accused forces loyal to bush are alassad, the syrian president , scaring of the attack. This is president obama speaking on pbs days after the attack. You Start Talking about chemical weapons and a country that has the stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, where over time their control over chemical weapons may erode, allied to known terrorist organizations that in the past had targeted the united prospecthen there is a , a possibility, in which chemical weapons that can have devastating effects could be directed at us. That that make sure does not happen. Amy russia and the u. S. Eventually reached a deal to have syria destroy its chemical stockpiles. You were there when the chemical attack took place. Can you describe what you saw two years ago . I think new yorkers can understand what im talking about because it is similar to 9 11. We were at home. May, for myself, i was at home. All the people were sleeping. Receiving bombs and shelling, but suddenly, it was like a massacre. Receive 15 to 20 patients after an attack. Hundreds of people began to come to the hospitals. They were sleeping kids, women kids came. I think new yorkers can understand. Nothing. O the doctors stand hopeless and helpless that night. It is who does too hard who you treat. Because he has more chance to live and you have not enough stuff them and not enough equipment, not enough medical supplies. I think even a civilized city which has good equipment at a good capacity will not be able to do was such a disaster. Juan what were the symptoms of the patients . How many ended up dying that you could tell . Actually, the symptoms are the same, but the degree of the symptoms were different from a patient. It depends upon, to was closer to the center of upon how much closer he was to the center of the blast. Experts consider a sirin attack. Amy sarin gas . Yes. We described the symptoms exactly for the experts, for the United Nations mission. Damascus whens in the chemical attack happened. The experts c