Physicians for Human Rights recently conducted medical-legal assessments on 27 individuals deported from the U.S. to Panama. The assessments, carried out using the Istanbul Protocol, revealed that Afghans have been subjected to torture and abuse in their home country and face the risk of death if returned to Afghanistan. The findings, released on Monday, April 1, indicate that the deportees show signs of psychological trauma, such as acute stress disorder, consistent with their reports of mistreatment. Many of them fled the Taliban. These evaluations, which also included human rights activists, former military officers, LGBTQ individuals, and political activists from
