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Via the indispensable EA WorldView:

Another hard to watch video. It reportedly shows a young boy being beaten by Syrian military personnel. They are demanding that he bow to, and kiss a picture of, Bashar al Assad. The boy repeatedly says no, then spits on the picture, and the beating intensifies.

The pointed message from protesters in Homs tonight: “Where is Nabil Al-Arabi [Arab League Secretary-General]?”, “Where is the Russian President?”, “Where are the Arabs?”

Video has surfaced, and some of the governments have confirmed, that the Ambassadors of the United States, Japan, France, and England have all attended the funeral for Syrian activist Ghiyath Matar, who was killed last week.