{"podcast":{"title":"Rights & Wrongs","slug":"rights-wrongs-6889244","podcast_index_feed_id":6889244,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/rights-wrongs/","website_url":"https://rights-wrongs.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a64f0168-daf3-4a4e-9c29-920e57a91e2d/HFn_Rx63kT_ZTcUFyCGY8ijh.jpg","author":"Human Rights Watch","episode_count":39,"summary":"Rights & Wrongs is a bi-monthly podcast from Human Rights Watch. It explores stories from the places where abuses are unfolding around the world, through the eyes and ears of the people on the frontlines. Human Rights Watch investigators span the globe and work in more than 100 countries, producing dozens of meticulously researched reports every year. Host, Ngofeen Mputubwele, takes listeners behind the scenes of these in-depth investigations. Go to hrw.org to find out more about our investigations and hrw.org/podcast/donate to support the work we do.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244"},"episode":{"title":"The Loaded Gun","slug":"the-loaded-gun","published_at":"2025-05-19T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244/the-loaded-gun","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244","url":"https://rights-wrongs.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a5f8a558-6129-4c53-ad5f-b64f7e06fe2e.mp3","summary":"Roger and his partner Daniela arrived in the U.S. in January,  conditionally approved as refugees by a US State Department-run program called the Safe Mobility Initiative. Hours later, she was deported. He was detained and then, he vanished. In this episode of Rights & Wrongs , host Ngofeen Mputubwele looks at what happened to Roger—and also examines the fate of 137 Venezuelans swept up under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used 18th-century law has only ever been used in times of war.    What began with border agents at the Houston airport questioning Roger about his tattoos turned into ICE detention and a secret transfer to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Roger, who has no criminal record, hasn’t been heard from since. Human Rights Watch’s Akshaya Kumar explains how an obscure law once used to detain Germans during both World Wars is now being deployed in peacetime for mass deportations. And Roger’s uncle, desperate for answers, shares how he watched helplessly as his nephew disappeared into a system where due process has collapsed—and fear has taken its place.    Akshaya Kumar: Director of Crisis Advocacy at Human Rights Watch   Noel Guape: Uncle of Roger Eduardo Molina Acevedo   Juan Pappier: Deputy Director of Americas at Human Rights Watch  ","meta_description":"Roger and his partner Daniela arrived in the U.S. in January, conditionally approved as refugees by a US State Department-run program called the Saf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1763,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rights-wrongs-6889244/episodes/the-loaded-gun/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244/the-loaded-gun.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}