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Cut of a thousand Knives, or Lingchi
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Cut of a thousand Knives, or Lingchi The slow process, the lingering death, or slow slicing, and also known as death by a thousand cuts, was a form of torture and execution used in China from roughly 900 until it was banned in 1905. It was also used in Vietnam…
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With the end of the month of Ramadan and the Eid holiday last week, executions have resumed in Iran, Iraq and Somalia.
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On August 14th six prisoners were hanged in Karoun Prison in Ahwaz (southwestern Iran) for kidnapping and raping ten women in Shushter (a city in the province of Khuzestan).Four of the prisoners were identified as Ali Naz, Ali Hossein, Mohammad, and Nobar. Unusually, although the hanging was within the prison,…
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More Graphic Pics From Fatal Accident In Onitsha Today (it’s Horrific)
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There was a fatal accident in Onitsha this afternoon. A Tanker laden with fuel which was coming from Awka and moving towards Asaba failed brake at the ever busy Asaba Park at Upper Iweka, Onitsha and exploded upon crashing into the park, burning more than 20 people beyond recognition and…
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The Face of War.
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A striking image of a soldier kneeling over a comrade at Omaha Beach, Normandy, on 7 June 1944. The drenched soldier stares despairingly into the distance, while his hand rests tenderly on his comrade’s body. The dead soldier’s boots protruding from the blanket adds to the image’s poignancy. For me,…
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Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe
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Shocking images from Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine revealed what many suspected, that Russian soldiers were apparently committing war crimes. An image of dead naked women under a blanket on the road photographed by Mikhail Palinchak 12½ miles (20 kilometers) outside of Kyiv was tweeted by the Ministry of Defense…
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Why was Vajna’s execution significant, and it symbolize for the people of Hungary in history
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Gabor Vajna was a Hungarian politician who had been active in far-right and anti-Semitic politics since the 1920s. He joined the Arrow Cross Party in 1935 and rose to become one of its leaders. During World War II, Vajna served as Minister of the Interior in the Arrow Cross government,…
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Sara Janse Geldof – the last woman executed in Holland.
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The last woman executed in Holland, after being sentenced to death by a civilian court, was 33 year old Sara Janse Geldof, who was publicly strangled at Middelburg on Monday the 24th of September 1838. Male criminals were hanged at this time but women were strangled at the stake for…
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Feb. 02, 1973 – Ugandan Executes Eleven Criminals
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Ugandan Executions Shock Africa: Twelve alleged criminals – eleven of them said to be ”guerrillas” and the twelfth an armed robber – were executed in Uganda on Saturday (Feb 11). Nothing novel in that -except that the executions were in public, and the victims stripped naked before their deaths. Neighbouring…
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Execution Of Nuremberg 1946
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The Nuremberg executions took place on 16 October 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg Trials. Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel,…
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Gerhard Gronefeld (1911-2000), a German military photographer, recorded the executions of Serbs in Pancevo on April 20, 1941 in the afternoon, when 35 men and one woman were nabbed from the streets, divided into two groups.
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The first one was taken immediately near the entrance to the cemetery where improvised hangers were made, and the second group was arranged in front of the cemetery wall. This massacre was ordered by Oberstlootnant Commander Fritz Bandelonj as retaliation for two German soldiers killed in the battle with the…