Is the world really getting nastier? - In 60 seconds

Name: Is the world really getting nastier? - In 60 seconds
Uploaded: 2015-01-29T15:09:56.000Z
Duration: 59 s
Description: As Human Rights Watch describes a litany of rights abuses in its latest annual report, BBC News asks if the world really is becoming a nastier place.

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Human Rights Watch has just released its annual report - and it describes this era as "the worst tumult in a generation", with wars raging in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine.

But is the world really becoming a nastier place? BBC News explores the issue in 60 seconds.

Video produced by Mohamed Madi

Middle East

29 January 2015