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Iranian political analysts in the West said Iran's leaders, having aligned themselves with the Syrian government for so long, also feel more than ever that they have no other recourse but to stick with Mr. Assad, even if his government has committed harsh abuses.

Welcome to Sudan, a country under strict financial sanctions by Washington -- renewed this month for yet another year -- because of its government's alleged support for terrorism and harsh abuses of human rights.

Those who survived were sometimes taken prisoner and subjected to harsh abuse.

Rounding up suspects without formal charges was justified by the nation's state of emergency at the time, but in response, a group of non-white, mainly Muslim and Arab men who were detained in New York and New Jersey sued government officials, arguing they were targeted based on race and ethnicity and faced harsh abuse in detention.

Unlike Somali refugees in other parts of the country, most in the Bay Area came from the northwestern part of Somalia, now known as Somaliland, which suffered some of the harshest abuses in the 1980s under the government of Maj.

Not only would my neighbor likely reject any help, the social worker said, the offer could also infuriate her abuser, who might retaliate with even harsher abuse.

What the movie makes clear is that harsh physical abuse was a part of the CIA's post-9/11 investigations.

Disturbing new questions have been raised about the role of doctors and other medical professionals in helping the Central Intelligence Agency subject terrorism suspects to harsh treatment, abuse and torture.

During about five years of detention, he says, he was confined in harsh conditions, abused during interrogation and denied a lawyer.

But complaints go far beyond specific allegations of harsh treatment and abuse.

The deal was reached after investigators documented a pattern of harsh and chronic abuse by police officers in a December 2014 report.