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MALAYSIA: ANWAR ALLEGEDLY SEVERELY BEATEN BY POLICE
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 29 September 1998
1. Mid shot Anwar's wife, Azizah Ismail, walking into courthouse
2. Cutaway court sign
3. Azizah arriving at courthouse
4. Exterior of court
5. Mid shot police at courthouse gate
6. Azizah...
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AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION LEADERS BEATEN DURING BAKU MARCH
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An authorised march in the Baku the capital of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan turned violent on Sunday as two political opposition leaders were badly beaten as the police looked on.
The violence comes just a day...
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Gay couples kiss in front of police officers on gay rights day march
1. Mid of gay rights activists holding a banner with the image of two men kissing; banner reads: (Spanish) "A kiss of love. Live your freedom!"
2. Close of two gay men kissing in front of police officers
3. Mid of gay protesters...
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MEXICO: ZAPATISTA LEADERS TORTURED BY POLICE DURING REBELLION
Spanish/Nat
Mexico's human rights record is once again under fire.
A human rights group has charged that Mexican police tortured and beat suspected leaders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, which led an Indian uprising more than...
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Amanda Knox leaving court, Lawyer saying trial will go ahead
1. Interior courthouse, Amanda Knox leaving courtroom led by policemen and walking down corridor
2. Reverse shot of Knox walking along corridor of courthouse escorted by policemen
3. Mid of Carlo Dalla Vedova (left), one of Amanda Knox's...
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ARGENTINA: TEACHERS STAGE 1 DAY STRIKE AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
Spanish/Nat
Argentinean teachers staged a one-day nationwide strike Monday to protest against police brutality.
They were reacting after one person was killed and dozens more were injured at a teachers' rally in Neuquen, southern...
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WRAP Bashir in court, plus key suspect testifies
1. Bashir escorted into courthouse
2. Bashir supporters cheering
3. Bashir inside court, getting raucous greeting from supporters and sitting down
4. Bashir speaking
5. Ali Imron enters to cheers of "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greater),...
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Egyptian security forces clashed with hundreds of youths for a second day Wednesday in Cairo over demands that the country's military rulers speed up the prosecution of police officers accused of brutality during mass protests that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down.
HEADLINE: Egyptian protesters clash with police
CAPTION: Egyptian police clashed with hundreds of youths for a second day Wednesday in Cairo over demands that the country's military rulers speed up the prosecution of police officers...
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Families say protesters beaten by police face possible charges
Families of nine Ukrainian protesters reportedly beaten and arrested by police over the weekend said on Wednesday that the protesters may face criminal charges for their actions.
Officials have said the action was in response to...
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WRAP Pro-Tibetan protests in Taiwan, Delhi ADDS Dharmsala
Katmandu, Nepal
1. Wide of Tibetan exiles gathered for protest, holding Tibetan flags and chanting
2. Nepali police pushing resisting protesters
3. Various of scuffles, with police beating protesters with sticks
4. Protesters being...
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AZERBAIJAN: BAKU: PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE
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Police in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan began beating marchers on Saturday at a demonstration held in the capital Baku.
Two-thousand opposition supporters had gathered in the city to protest last month's...
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Tear gas as hundreds protest after Shiite cleric killed
1. Wide shot of Shiite protesters
2. Close-up of mourners marching
3. Various of violence, police running towards the protesters, tear gas
4. Police beating protesters
5. Policeman firing tear gas
6. Injured police officer being carried...
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SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: 2ND DAY OF STUDENT CLASHES WITH POLICE
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Students in South Korea are preparing for a second day of clashes with police, to mark the 37th anniversary of the uprising which toppled the government of Sungman Rhee.
Protesters demanding the removal of the current...
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SYND 1 5 77 MADRID RIOT POLICE QUELL LEFTIST RALLY
Hundreds of helmeted riot police fired smoke flares and used their truncheons to break up an attempt by Spanish leftists to hold a May Day parade in Madrid. The rally, was banned by the government on the grounds that it might spark of...
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Arrests as pro-Tibet demonstration is broken up by police
1. Wide of a group of Tibetan monks standing outside the Stupa monastery
2. Mid of Tibetan refugee with banner
3. Various of protesters with banner reading (in English) "stop Killing in Tibet, Free Tibet" and protesters wearing black...
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Police arrest union leaders, block streets to prevent anti-poverty, anti-gov't march
1. People walking in the main square
2. Traffic wardens directing traffic
3. Street scene
4. Traffic wardens directing traffic
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mlamleli Sibamda, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions:
"We said things...
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Malaysia - Police break up protests
Police beat up protesters in the Malaysian capital Saturday (26/09) and used a water cannon to break up a huge gathering of supporters of ousted deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. The rally took place at Merdeka (Independence) Square...
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KENYA: DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT MOI DAY RALLY
English/Nat
Kenyan police fired tear gas and swung clubs and whips to break up an opposition rally Friday on Moi Day, a national holiday named after President Daniel arap Moi.
At least a dozen people were arrested, including opposition...
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SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: FUNERAL OF LAW STUDENT ROH SU SOK
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Thousands of students have marched through Seoul in a funeral procession to mourn Roh Su-Sok, the law student who died during a violent confrontation with police last month.
On the eve of the country's parliamentary...
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The parents of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old who was recently shot and killed by a Missouri police officer, are attending a two-day hearing of a UN anti-torture panel that's looking into police brutality, among other things. (Nov. 12)
The parents of Michael Brown, the victim in the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting case, attended a UN Human Rights session in Geneva on Wednesday to raise awareness of their case.
Brown was shot in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson on August 9...
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Protestors Tibet protest at Chinese embassy
1. Tibetan protesters shouting as they make their way towards the Chinese embassy visa office in Katmandu
2. Various of protesters outside the office, police blocking them as they try to surge forward
3. Mid of group of young protesters...
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CAMBODIA: POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES
English/Nat
Riot police in Cambodia beat and arrested opposition supporters on Monday, in a crackdown against the second week of protests calling for the ouster of strongman Hun Sen.
The protestors believe Hun Sen won the country's July...
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Asia - Thailand, Nepal, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Georgia
In March, hundreds of supporters cheered Thailand's embattled prime minister as he urged the opposition to abandon its boycott of next month's snap elections so that the people could decide who runs the country. Thaksin Shinawatra pushed...
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MEXICO: AGREEMENT WITH USA ON PLAN TO PROTECT ALIENS IN CUSTODY
English/Nat
Stung by police beatings and fatal car chases involving illegal immigrants in California, the United States reached agreement Tuesday with Mexico on a plan to protect aliens in custody.
They'll be entitled to receive notice...