In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the political fallout from another suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, including a potential military response from the United States. For the Report, Celeste Hicks talks with WPR's senior editor, Robbie Corey-Boulet, about how courageous survivors of sexual violence helped bring Chad's former dictator, Hissene Habre, to justice.

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• How Survivors of Sexual Assault Helped Bring Chad's Former Dictator to Justice
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