Pakistan: tracing the flogging footage

Mobile phone footage of a teenage girl being flogged publicly in Pakistan’s Swat Valley is now circulating widely (Google News brings up 89 results at the time of writing – probably far more by the time you read this).

Some viewers may find images in the video below distressing.

Part of this footage was used last month in a Channel 4 News report from the Taliban-controlled area. The report starts with scenes we filmed of a man accused of having gay sex being flogged in public, followed by the now-famous mobile phone footage of the young woman being held down and beaten outside her home for alleged adultery.

See Nick Paton Walsh’s original report on Swat below, or read more on his blog here.

The report begins with violent scenes of public floggings.

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