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  • 1 Dec 2011

    Those who approached me would first look around them to check to see that our government minder was out of earshot and there wasn’t a mukhabarat secret policeman skulking in the background. Then they’d speak quietly, eyes smiling. One or two would add: “Good question.” Or sometimes just: “Thank you.” Each time this happened, my heartbeat would quicken; each quiet comment a registration of protest.

  • 1 Dec 2011

    Last year, two-thirds of the country’s police forces fired Tasers significantly more – some by up to 800 per cent – than in the preceding year, a Channel 4 News investigation can disclose.

  • 23 Nov 2011

    Further clashes between protesters and military police break out in Cairo, as the UN condemns authorities “clearly excessive” use of forcce against protesters.

  • 20 Nov 2011

    As a mob awaits him on the runway, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi veers between fear of being lynched and bravado at meeting the same fate as his father, a taped conversation with his captors reveals.

  • 20 Nov 2011

    At least four people are said to have died and hundreds are wounded as protesters demanding an end to army rule in Egypt clash with police for a second day.

  • 19 Nov 2011

    This is the Zintan’s chance to redeem themselves. If they treat Saif al Gaddafi humanely – in contrast to how the Misrata brigades treated his father when they captured him – it will boost their image and that of the new Libyan authorities.

  • 16 Nov 2011

    Syrian army defectors have attacked a major intelligence base on the edge of Damascus, says a Syrian opposition group, as Syria’s suspension from the Arab League takes effect.

  • 14 Nov 2011

    Germany warns of a new form of far-right terrorism responsible for 10 murders, after a second arrest is made and a suspect hands herself into the police.

  • 11 Nov 2011

    Syrian government forces have carried out crimes against humanity as they try to crush opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the restive province of Homs, Human Rights Watch says.

  • 10 Nov 2011

    “The big question is: how much did James Murdoch know back in 2008? Did he try to buy Mr Taylor’s silence in a bid to stop the whole story coming out?”

  • 1 Nov 2011

    Gang members who trade in guns could face life in jail under government proposals to tackle inner-city violence.

  • 22 Oct 2011

    Gaddafi’s body is reportedly set to be handed over to relatives as Libya looks forward to its first elections for more than 40 years.

  • 21 Oct 2011

    As Colonel Gaddafi’s body lies in a fridge in Misrata, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets the men who captured him hiding in a drainage pipe – which is now a symbol of new Libya.

  • 21 Oct 2011

    Michael Campbell is found guilty by a Lithuanian court of trying to smuggle arms to the Real IRA and sentenced to 12 years in prison as Carl Dinnen reports for Channel 4 News.

  • 20 Oct 2011

    Channel 4 News live-blogs the capture of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte on 20 October 2011.