Four Corners - Season 52 Episode 3 Syria Exposed
"Syria Exposed", reported by Jonathan Miller for Channel 4 in the UK and presented by Kerry O'Brien.
It's a program that raises many questions, not least how can any country support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad? How can the United Nations resist calls for al-Assad to be charged and prosecuted for war crimes? But if this happens, and the President leaves office, what will it mean for Syria and the balance of power in the Middle East?
As unrest grows in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad continues to insist the violence is being driven by criminals and gangs of bandits, encouraged by forces outside Syria.
Now reporter Jonathan Miller travels to Syria to investigate what's really going on inside the country. There, he finds a government that employs what can only be described as a "torture machine" to stop dissent. His report features devastating video evidence of men, women and children being subjected to brutal beatings, whippings and more elaborate torture. They tell how, after being detained by the police, they are passed through various levels of interrogation overseen by the secret police, or Mukhabarat.
Much of this brutality has been captured on mobile phones by Syrian civilians and activists, and uploaded to the internet every week, because they are desperate to show the world what's happening. But the most confronting images come from videos that have been filmed by the torturers themselves.
The report takes us to Syria and Lebanon where we hear from victims and activists who have experienced or witnessed torture at the hands of President al-Assad's forces. Their stories, and the video evidence of torture and killing, build a dossier of systematic abuse conducted by the Syrian government.
Responding to the issues raised in the story, Four Corners presenter Kerry O'Brien speaks with a leading expert in the region about Syria's future and the consequences if Bashar al-Assad were to leave office either through force or his own choice.
First Air Date: Aug 19, 1961
Last Air date: May 26, 2025
Season: 21 Season
Episode: 720 Episode
Runtime: 45 minutes
IMDb: 6.90/10 by 7.00 users
Popularity: 11.3918
Language: English
Keyword : investigative journalism
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Revolution in the Classroom
The Comeback Kid?
Syria Exposed
Given or Taken?
Closing Ranks
Dicing with Debt
Egypt: Children of the Revolution
The Fastest Changing Place on Earth
Without Consent
Happy Banking
Blood and Honour
The Killer Within
The Mormon Candidate
Judgement Day
Hard Knocks
Madeleine McCann The Last Hope
Casualties of the Boom
Smugglers Paradise
The Great Euro Crash
WikiLeaks - The Forgotten Man
Gina Rinehart - The Power Of One
Unholy Silence
The Price Of Pearls
Opium Brides
Sex, Lies And Julian Assange
A Matter Of Life And Death
Inside Mail
The Body Snatchers
Koala Crunch Time
The Autism Enigma
Crash Landing
There is No 3G in Heaven
The Hunt for Joseph Kony
Growing Up Poor
Taxing Times in Timor
The Battle for Syria
The World According to Lance
The Super Trawler
Rise of the Superbugs
Another Bloody Business
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile
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