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.
Episodes in Season 52
Revolution in the Classroom
45 min
The Comeback Kid?
45 min
Syria Exposed
45 min
Given or Taken?
45 min
Closing Ranks
45 min
Dicing with Debt
45 min
Egypt: Children of the Revolution
45 min
The Fastest Changing Place on Earth
45 min
Without Consent
45 min
Happy Banking
45 min
Blood and Honour
45 min
The Killer Within
45 min
The Mormon Candidate
45 min
Judgement Day
45 min
Hard Knocks
45 min
Madeleine McCann The Last Hope
45 min
Casualties of the Boom
45 min
Smugglers Paradise
45 min
The Great Euro Crash
45 min
WikiLeaks - The Forgotten Man
45 min
Gina Rinehart - The Power Of One
45 min
Unholy Silence
45 min
The Price Of Pearls
45 min
Opium Brides
45 min
Sex, Lies And Julian Assange
45 min
A Matter Of Life And Death
45 min
Inside Mail
45 min
The Body Snatchers
45 min
Koala Crunch Time
45 min
The Autism Enigma
45 min
Crash Landing
45 min
There is No 3G in Heaven
45 min
The Hunt for Joseph Kony
45 min
Growing Up Poor
45 min
Taxing Times in Timor
45 min
The Battle for Syria
45 min
The World According to Lance
45 min
The Super Trawler
45 min
Rise of the Superbugs
45 min
Another Bloody Business
45 min
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile
45 min
