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Although officially outlawed since 1981, human rights groups claim a number of people are still being stoned to death in Iran. This is likely due to the murky nature of Iran’s Sharia-based legal system where judges are only given vague punishment guidelines. This includes ordering judges to simply to execute…
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This event had taken place on the 20th of July 1941. As the German troops were pushing towards the Soviet union their main stop before crossing the borders were the Yugoslavian partisans fighting against fascism. Most of the partisan members did not flee towards the Soviet Union as they wanted…
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During World War II, the Nazi doctor worked at the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where he had unfettered access to prisoners to use as subjects in experimentation. Gebhardt exploited the opportunity, performing needless and painful tests. At one point, he attempted to transplant limbs from camp victims to German soldiers wounded…
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John ‘Babbacombe’ Lee famously dubbed the man they could not hang’ was accused of the murder of Miss Emma Anne Whitehead Keyse. In the early hours of November 15 1884 in the hamlet of Babbacombe, Devon, Emma Keyse was discovered brutally murdered. Her throat was slit, she had three wounds…
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In his 1960 independence day speech Lumumba said, We are going to show the world what the Black man [and woman] can do when he works in freedom. On Jan. 17, 1961, democratically elected prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was executed with the assistance of…
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On this date in 1946, Soviet Gen. Andrei Vlasov and 11 fellow members of the Russian Liberation Army were condemned to death in Moscow for German collaboration, and immediately hanged.* Vlasov was at the peak of his career at the outset of World War II, and earned a decoration for…
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the dominant organized crime group in this part of Mexico, The note said some Gulf Cartel members were responsible for the kidnapping and killings and apologized for their actions. Half-nk3d woman hanged on a bridge Members of a drug cartel kidnapped a woman from her house and hung her half-nk3d…
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Execution of rebellious tribal leaders in Yemen, 1962. The tribal leaders are being publicly executed in the town square, by sword. This is the moment of execution of one of the condemned. Mode of execution by sword decapitation, of the Toucouleur army of enemy soldiers in Sekou, capital on the…
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The bodies were literally in layers. A police shooter advanced by firing a submachine g*n in the neck of each of the extended people. As soon as they were stripped naked, the Jews were brought in [Babi Yar]. They were channeled through two or three narrow passages, which led to…
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This is not to glorify or perpetuate hate, war, or violence but to gain a deeper understanding of the devastating consequences of such actions. By studying the negative impact of these events, we can: Promote tolerance, understanding, and peaceful resolution let’s work towards creating a brighter, more harmonious future for…