Record Number of Saudi Beheadings Trigger Violent Backlash
One particular execution carried out by Saudi Arabia this weekend, that of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr, led to violent protests and the sacking of the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
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Islamic State Video Shows Children Executing ‘Spies’ in Syria
The latest atrocity from the Islamic State is a video showing children – boys who look about ten years old, referred to by ISIS as the “Cubs of the Caliphate” – executing prisoners in Syria. Five of the murders are carried out with pistols, but the sixth is a knife beheading.
ISIS Debuts New Execution Method: Blowing Up Prisoners Tied to Ancient Palmyra Ruins
The Islamic State has struck on a novel combination of depravities, murdering three prisoners by lashing them to ancient stone pillars at a historic site in Palmyra, Syria, and then destroying both pillar and prisoner with explosives.
Report: Iran Executes Almost 700 People in Six Months
Amnesty International’s latest report on Iran states the regime executed 694 people between January 1 and July 15. This means the country averages at least three executions a day.
CA Can Restore Death Penalty
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld Oklahoma’s three-drug lethal injection method, California can resume carrying out the death penalty, although mandatory administrative procedures and hearings could slow the process.
Saudi Arabia Beheads 100th Person This Year
Saudi Arabia executed two more people on Monday, bringing the number of executions the kingdom has carried out to 100 so far this year alone. They are just 92 executions short of breaking their 1995 record.
Report: ISIS Has Executed 2154 People Since the Declaration of the ‘Caliphate’
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), in what it claims is a conservative estimate, has reported that in the ten months since the establishment of its so-called “Caliphate,” the Islamic State has executed 2154 people.
Partners in Peace: Executions in Iran Are Surging
Executions are rising sharply in Iran, reaching a 12-year high in 2014, according to the United Nations’s Human Rights Council. The UN called this “deeply troubling” and further criticized Iran for not living up to promises that it would protect ethnic and religious minorities, according to a report at Voice of America News.
Saudi Arabia Beheads Woman by Sword in Mecca Public Square
Saudi Arabian authorities publicly beheaded a woman in the holy city of Mecca after a court convicted her of sexually abusing and murdering her stepdaughter. The kingdom has executed nine people only two weeks into the new year.
Mexican Investigators Covered Up Execution of Cartel Gunmen by Soldiers
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican investigators beat and tortured a prostitute in order to get her to confirm their version of events regarding the alleged execution of a group of cartel members in the town of Tlataya.
Reports: Iran Hanged Nine on Christmas Day
On Christmas day in Iran, at least nine prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime officials, according to reports. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reports that seven were hanged in the infamous Adelabad prison on Christmas morning.
