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Kick and Drugs in Georgia

A car is stopped by police officer from Special Operative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (SOD) ordering to get the arrested persons out of the car. On the footage can been seen two arrestees who are turned towards the road and got the kick hind. 

All the above mentioned details are screened by a SOD officer. Short after that the footage is posted on YouTube.com. This is the very officer whose voice is heard from the footage who after kicking tells the arrestees that they are free to go.

INCB criticises decriminalisation of drug use in Latin America and say nothing about Europe

The most recent report by the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) criticises Mexican, Brazilian and Argentinean governments for decriminalising the possession of drugs for personal use. The report considers that the measure “poses a threat to the coherence and effectiveness of the international drug control system and sends the wrong message to the general public”.

Death penalty no cure for drug use

A study carried out by the United Nations Organisation concluded that Singapore has the highest per capita execution indicator in the world, three times higher than Saudi Arabia that follows Singapore on the list and is known worldwide for the strictness of its laws.

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