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The “We Are All Khaled Saeed” Facebook page has published a detailed research paper on the tear gas used by security forces against protesters in Tahrir Square and at the Interior Ministry on 28 and 29 of June. The paper was prepared by a political activist named Ahmed Kamal.

It said the tear gas used has a shelf life of five years, but protesters have published pictures of empty tear gas canisters with production dates as old as 1987 and 2003. The use of expired tear gas increases its percentage of poisonous gas and leads to cancer, heart disease, and liver and respiratory problems, the paper said.

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Unlike most of the other Arab countries where there have been anti-government demonstrations, the government here (Syria) has been extremely effective in suppressing media coverage-- but Sky News finally got this video out of Syria.

WARNING: SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THIS VIDEO TO BE UPSETTING!

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(These videos are from a pro-democracy Iranian blogger):

"Where else in the world would you find police smashing up people's cars and throwing rocks at people's homes?

"Egyptian security forces hit protesters and knocked some to the ground before rounding dozens up at a demonstration Sunday against a police beating that killed a young man a week ago.

Another incidence of police brutality in Russia. First world country; third world police force...

The video speaks for itself.

Protests Tehran - Nov 4th - Video of security forces attacking women

"Students show their injured bodies"

Video-- police beating people protesting Iran election fraud

''The regime in Iran is not only cracking down on women who refuse to wear the veil (See LGF and Daily Kos for more on women's rights in Iran) but also on men who wear short sleeves, put gel in their hair, wear shorts, or have long hair.

This video posted by Kamangir and Iran Press News shows an example of what happens to those young men who go against the regime:

From Kamangir (activist Iranian weblog)

From Kamangir (iranian weblog):

Delaram Ali was arrested in June 2006, after she attended a peaceful protest against inequality of men and women in the Iranian law. Subsequently, she was sentenced to prison and lashes

Please spread the news. Personally, it would be a horrible shame to me, as an Iranian man, if she is imprisoned or, even worse, if is she is whipped for demanding her legitimate rights. It is worth to mention that she suffered a broken bone as a result of Police brutality at the time of her arrest.

"These are some of the pictures of what people of Iran are going through to get their freedom back from Islamic Republic Regime"

Stills, videos-- police brutality, etc...most of this is not shown in either the mainstream or "alternative" media

As protests broke out last week at a prestigious university here, cutting short a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Babak Zamanian could only watch from afar. He was on crutches, having been clubbed by supporters of the president and had his foot run over by a motorcycle during a less publicized student demonstration a few days earlier.

Our pals in Saudi Arabia are trying the "died of fright" excuse for this latest example of their Dark Ages practices:

Man dies of fright in Saudi vice police custody: report:

RIYADH (AFP) - A Bangladeshi man died of fright after being arrested by Saudi Arabia's controversial religious police for washing a car instead of praying, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.

The unnamed man died last week in the holy city of Medina after being detained by members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Al-Jazirah reported.

The Arabic daily said the man "convulsed in fear after he was arrested, leading to a drop in his blood pressure and causing his death."

The man was arrested by members of the commission, commonly known as the Muttawa, for washing a car during a time of day when he should have been at prayer, the paper said.