violence

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A German TV channel used an old video from Iraqi prisons under Saddam Hussein from 2007 to "reporting" alleged violence in Syria. Here is the real video 2007 here:

"It is the same story over and over, police violence, unrestrained power, and the beating of people with impunity. Actually, I hope that the police perpetuate this violence at a much faster, widespread rate so; this all gets sorted out sooner than later. When the tipping point occurs and it...

British courts are coming down hard on the rioters who spread mayhem last week - but human rights groups are accusing judges of over-reacting by dishing out severe penalties to score popularity points. Two men were jailed for four years each for trying to incite street violence through Facebook...

MONTERREY, Mexico – Police found five mutilated bodies outside the wealthy city of Monterrey on Tuesday, part of a series of attacks that killed 23 people and dragged the region deeper into Mexico's drug war. Gunmen dumped the five dead men, their arms and legs chopped off, on a street in the...

Somalia: 117,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED June 10th, 2009 in Breaking News ReliefWeb » Document » Somalia violence escalates. Thousands of Somalis were forced to flee their homes over the weekend in some of the heaviest and bloodiest street battles in Mogadishu since 8 May when the latest round of...

Audio slideshow: Mexico drug violence Mexico is in the grip of vicious drug-related violence as traffickers battle each other and the authorities. Nowhere has seen more bloodshed than Ciudad Juarez, a sprawling city on the US-Mexico border. The city's police chief stepped down on Friday...