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COLOMBIA: MASSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ALLEGATION
Spanish/Nat
Colombia has been quoted as one of the most violent non-belligerent countries in the world by a human rights group.
According to Human Rights Watch some 25-thousand Colombians die violently every year victims of guerrilla...
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Reactions from HRW to removal of government by the military
A day after Thailand's army overthrew the caretaker government in a coup, questions abound about how the political crisis started and where it all stands.
John Sifton, the Human Rights Watch Advocacy Director for Asia, explained that...
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ISRAEL: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICISES ISRAELI FORCES
English/Nat
A human rights group has accused Israeli forces and their local militia allies of expelling hundreds of Lebanese residents from Israel-occupied southern Lebanon.
Human Rights Watch called on Israel's new government to end...
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Human Rights Watch says crackdown in Syria could last for a long time
1. Jean-Marie Fardeau, president of Human Rights Watch, entering his office
2. Fardeau working at desk
3. Close-up of sign reading (English) "Human Rights Watch"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Marie Fardeau, President of Human Rights Watch,...
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Incursion, demolition, Human Rights Watch reax
Handout material, Location and Date Unknown
1. Two gunmen, who allegedly infiltrated Israel from Gaza, reading in Arabic
2. Various of two men posing with their guns
Jebaliya, Gaza Strip - 18 October 2004
3. Peter Hansen, Commissioner...
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Pro Tibet protesters arrested in demo at Chinese Embassy
1. Tibetan protesters marching towards Chinese embassy, police pushing them back
2. Various of protesters marching and chanting slogans as police try and stop them moving forward; UPSOUND: (English) Protesters Chanting: "Stop the...
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CHECHEN BOARDER: CHAOS AS CIVILIANS FLEE CONFLICT
Russian/Eng/Nat
As Russian federal forces continue their advance deeper into Chechnya, citizens of the breakaway republic are being forced to flee the fighting and move into neighbouring territories.
On Tuesday, refugees were being...
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Human Rights Watch says Syria treating UN veto as "licence to kill"
Brussels, Belgium - 6 February 2012
1. Set up of Human Right Watch spokesman Reed Brody reading a book
2. Close-up of book
3. Mid of Human Rights Watch logo on book
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch spokesman:...
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WRAP Briefing by Council of Europe investigator on CIA flights report
1. Dick Marty arriving at Council of Europe news briefing
2. Various journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Dick Marty, Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and Swiss Senator:
"We have acquired information...
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GNS Exhumations at mass grave plus human rights concern and US comment
1. Wide shot pan of excavation area
2. Wide shot people gathered at site, sealed human remains on ground
3. Mid shot man looking at remains
4. Woman sitting on ground next to sealed body
5. Iraqis and US soldiers standing on ridge, tilt...
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UK: COURT DECIDES WHETHER TO EXTRADITE PINOCHET (2)
Span/Eng/Nat
Nearly a year after the arrest of Chile's General Augusto Pinochet, a British court is finally considering whether to extradite him so he can stand trial in Spain for alleged human rights abuses.
The court heard allegations...
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Reaction to Thaksin landslide election win
February 7, 2005
1. Media scrum with re-elected Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra
2. Reverse shot of cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thaksin Sinawatra, Thai Prime Minister:
"I, you, know it's good and it's quite worrisome that we...
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Grim milestone reached as Turkey takes in one hundred thousandth refugee
1. Various of Boynuyogun refugee camp in Hatay province, Turkey
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad (no last name given), Syrian refugee, living in Turkey:
"We've been here for over a year, living in a refugee camp in Turkey. God bless the...
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Kofi Annan returns to capital from Rift Valley, information min comment
1. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan walking out of building, getting into car
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samuel Poghisio, Kenyan Information Minister:
"It's a kind of trip I'd like to see our leaders make, members of...
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BURMA: USA INVESTIGATION INTO HUMAN RIGHTS
Eng/Karen/Nat
Human rights campaigners are welcoming an investigation by the United States into claims that the Burmese government has used chemical weapons against Karen rebels.
The US military attache in Thailand is checking...
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4:3 Man publicly flogged for theft in increasingly tough Shariah verdicts
In Timbuktu in northern Mali, the public punishment of people convicted by Shariah courts has become a common sight since the desert city fell to radical Islamist fighters earlier this year.
Footage filmed on Saturday showed a militant...
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UK: LONDON: AUGUSTO PINOCHET LATEST
Eng/Spanish/Nat
Campaigners in the U-K who fought to have Pinochet tried in Britain last year welcomed Friday's news that a Chilean judge has ordered the General's arrest and trial in the Chilean capital Santiago.
The organisation Human...
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INGUSHETIA: RUSSIAN TROOPS POUR INTO CHECHNYA
Russian/Nat
Russian troops have continued pouring into Chechnya, setting the stage for an expected showdown over key cities in the breakaway region.
According to official estimates, the total number of refugees in the neighbouring...
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Pakistan - Over a hundred killed in series of bombings and shootings throughout Pakistan / Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid death threats / Christians demonstrate in capital after homes burn in blasphemy protests / car bomb kills at least 37
Over a hundred killed in series of bombings and shootings throughout Pakistan
Karachi - 10 Jan 2013
1. Mid of body bags
Mingora - 10 Jan 2013
2. Various of ambulances arriving at scene of bomb blast ++NIGHT SHOTS++
3. Wide of police...
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Central African Republic - Central African Republic's president and prime minister resign from power / New leadership returns from regional summit that urged transitional president to resign / Looters allegedly steal goods from Muslim property left empty by people fleeing violence / Gunfire, body on street, as Christian militia moves into largely Muslim area / More than 100,000 displaced people sheltering in camp beside airport
Central African Republic's president and prime minister resign from power
Bangui - 8 Jan 2014
1. Mid tracking of Central African Republic (CAR) President Michel Djotodia (black tie) arrives at M'poko Airport in Bangui preparing to leave...
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Suspected jihadists in custody claim they were tortured by military
1. Mali army trucks entering base
2. Mid of two arrested alleged jihadist fighters sitting on ground
3. Zoom into close-up of one man, Ali Guindo, wounds visible on his back UPSOUND (Bambara) "I was whipped"
4. SOUNDBITE: (Bambara) Ali...
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UK: LONDON: AUGUSTO PINOCHET HEARING LATEST (2)
Spanish/Eng/Nat
After 12 days of complex legal arguments, the House of Lords has wrapped up a hearing to determine whether General Augusto Pinochet's arrest on charges of grave human rights abuses should stand.
Angry scenes broke out as...
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Election dispute continues; newspapers, voxies
1. Wide of people buying The Herald newspaper
2. Man reading newspaper
3. Men reading newspaper together
4. Close up of The Saturday Herald front page with headline, reading: (English) "No Winner"
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop,...
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UN reacts to latest prisoner abuse allegations; says abuse "unacceptable"
1. United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) news conference in UN compound
2. Cameramen
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Provencher, United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) spokesman
"The circumstances involving the abuse and...