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SICKENING: The shocking moment 'cheating' woman is STRIPPED and BEATEN in broad daylight THIS is the shocking moment a woman accused of sleeping with a married man was stripped naked and BEATEN in broad daylight. Lin Yao Li was ambushed by four women as she walked home from the shops in the Chinese city of Puyang. As Lin's attackers pulled her to the floor they ripped off her clothes while punching and kicking her repeatedly in the breasts and groin. The ringleader of the gang was the scorned wife of the man Lin is accused of sleeping with. The sickening attack was witnessed by passersby who did not even attempt to help the defenceless woman. Local man Jun Feng, 30, who found Lin lying on the ground after the women left told local TV: "This type of thing is becoming quite normal. "Angry wives and girlfriends get their revenge on their cheating men by attacking the other woman. "People don’t tend to get involved because they see it as being an argument of the ...

SHOCKING | Saudi Arabia to Behead 6 School Girls for Indecency Western countries are being urged to intervene in a case where 6 young school girls facing execution for acting indecently at a friends house. Fathima Al Kwaini and her friends that included three male friends have celebrated Kwaini’s birthday at a friends house.  A neighbor supposedly an assistant of an Imam of a mosque close by has reported this to Saudi Arabia’s religious police.  When the police arrived the girls were dancing with their male friends and they were arrested immediately. The ultra conservative Arabian nation that has one of the worst human rights records is also a member of the United Nations Human Rights commission and recently got elected to the Women’s Rights Commission as well which sparked anger and protest. According to HRW, the girls were detained for more than a year before the trial and never confessed committing any crime.  However the verdict of the “male only” Sharia panel was tha...

Jordan executes ISIS jihadists: Female suicide bomber among two put to death in dawn hangings in retaliation for terrorists releasing video of pilot being torched to death in cage Jordan has executed two ISIS-linked prisoners, including a would-be female suicide bomber, it has been revealed this morning. The executions, at about 4am local time today, came just hours after Islamic State militants released a sickening video showing a captured Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive in a cage. Jordan had vowed a swift and lethal response and government officials this morning revealed that two prisoners, Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli, have already been hanged. Al-Rishawi had been on death row for her role in a triple hotel bombing in the Jordanian capital Amman in 2005 that killed dozens. The executions took place after gruesome footage emerged showing Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being torched to death by his captors. The chilling footage, entitled 'Healing the B...

Doomed to hang because she refused to betray her lover - and insisted on staying a 'tarty' blonde Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain — an execution that appalled the world. On Saturday we told how she was beaten and abused by the men in her life before finally snapping and shooting dead her faithless, violent lover David Blakely.  Today, in our final gripping extract from a forensically researched new book, we reveal how vital evidence that would have saved her from the gallows was ignored . . . Two hours after the shooting, while David Blakely’s body was lying in the mortuary, Ruth Ellis was questioned by three detectives in Hampstead police station. It was 11.30pm. One of the detectives recalled: ‘She had a cigarette and she was  completely calm . . . she really couldn’t care less what was going to happen to her.’ She was cautioned: ‘You are not obliged to say anything at all about this unless you wish to do so, but whatever you say will be taken down in w...

Afghan woman beaten to death by mob, falsely accused of burning Qur’an Afghan women's rights activists carry the coffin of 27-year-old Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a mob, during her funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 22, 2015.  Hundreds of people gathered in northern Kabul for the funeral. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo KABUL – Afghan women’s rights activists dressed head-to-toe in black broke with tradition Sunday to carry the coffin of a woman who was beaten to death by a mob in the capital Kabul over allegations she had burned a Qur’an. The mob of men beat 27-year-old Farkhunda before throwing her body off a roof, running over it with a car, setting it on fire and throwing it into a river near a well-known mosque. The attack was apparently sparked by allegations that Farkhunda, who like many Afghans has just one name, had set fire to a Qur’an. But Afghanistan’s most senior detective said no evidence had been found to support those claims. Video of...

Cartel cruelty laid bare in brutal video of boy’s execution A TEEN’S brutal execution shows violence of Venezuelan gangs in the grip of a cocaine and crime explosion. Warning: Graphic TERROR is clearly visible in the boy’s eyes as he lies on his back, gagged and bound, on the dirt somewhere in Venezuela It is night and the shirtless boy dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a black belt has his hands tied behind his bag and a length of light green cloth binds his mouth. The boy is smooth-skinned with an undeveloped chest. He could be as young as 13. A man’s voice speaking in Spanish can be heard as the boy’s terrified face fills the camera lens. The man is saying something about a house, money and the command of the Venezuelan nationality worldwide. The man has a machete-style knife and moves into the picture to slice off the boy’s ears. It is virtually impossible to watch the rest of the video, but it has been described to news.com.au as an execution by a drug cartel. Brutal and mercile...

'Just let them die': Yemeni prisoners describe horrific torture in Houthi jails Former detainees open up about life-changing torture injuries, including being left paralysed or unable to speak, while peace talks between Yemen's warring factions continue Civilians in Yemen have described torture at the hands of the Houthi rebels including being strung up by their genitals and doused in acid. Their horrific testimonies emerged as tense peace talks in Sweden between the country’s warring factions entered a second day. The gruesome accounts underscore the importance of a massive UN-backed prisoner s wap that was signed on Thursday by the Iran-backed rebels and Yemen’s recognised government, who have been fighting since March 2015. According to the deal, some 5,000 prisoners from both sides will be released as a confidence-building measure to bolster the peace negotiations, which kicked off north of Stockholm this week. Since the start of the three-and-a-half-year civil w...

Torturing the Other: Who is the Barbarian? Towards the end of J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians, his protagonist the Magistrate speculates about how much pain he, Coetzeean ageing, out-of-shape man, will be able to withstand.  In this elliptical novel, which owes a debt to Kafka's 'The Penal Colony', the Magistrate is about to be tortured at the hands of the Empire.  Despite years of loyal service, his antagonist Colonel Joll believes that the Magistrate has betrayed the Empire because of his romantic entanglement with a girl from the enemy 'barbarian' community. The passage encapsulates many of torture's most important features. While the Magistrate's anxieties revolve around what degree of pain he can tolerate, that is not the purpose of torture.  Instead, the Magistrate's tormentors reduce him to a body or a thing that is incapable of thought or political ideals. Coetzee conveys this in part through the use of the third person singular ge...

Viral video of couple brutally beaten in Bengal: What happened and why is the TMC under scrutiny? A disturbing video clip depicting a brutal assault on a couple allegedly involved in an illicit relationship has sparked widespread outrage in West Bengal.  The incident, which took place in Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur district, was reportedly sanctioned by a local 'salishi sabha' (Kangaroo court). Police investigation and response The West Bengal Police responded by registering a case after verifying the authenticity of the video.  As per a PTI report, Islampur Police Superintendent Joby Thomas K confirmed the initiation of raids to apprehend the main accused and promised a prompt investigation into the motive behind the attack. "We have watched the video clip on social media and have taken immediate legal action," stated Joby Thomas K. In the video, a man is seen viciously beating a woman, causing her visible distress, while also attacking another man with a bamboo stick. Th...

The desecration of corpses on 6 October 1976: who, how and why It is not the number of the deceased (40) that has made the massacre of students at Thammasat University on 6 October 1976 linger in the memories of no small number of people, so much as images showing the unthinkably savage actions committed against the victims.  But we would be mistaken to think that it was only those most repulsive actions that led to the deaths of people that day. From careful study of the available evidence, we have found only one person who lost their life due to mob vigilante violence or torture.  Instead, bodies were often brutally treated after the victims had already died.  Several victims lost their lives from bullets or explosions, but their bodies continued to be assailed long after the life had left them.  The images of 6 October that have circulated in the aftermath are then images of crowds egging each other on to desecrate the deceased. That knowledge may provide us some ...

Disabled woman suspected of child kidnap, beaten to death A disabled woman was brutally murdered by a mob who accused her of being a child kidnapper. Footage shows the woman, Otera Bibi, being humiliated by villagers who tied her to a tractor before beating her to death. They had suspected the 42-year-old, who was mentally disabled, of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl. Otera, who lived with her parents, had walked out of the home and stopped outside a hut, it is reported. That was when she was set upon by the mob, who were on high alert following a child kidnapping in the area the previous month. The incident happened in in West Bengal, India. Locals attacked her with sticks and stones, ripped off her clothes and shaved her head, a witness said. It is believed she tried to protest her innocence, but witnesses could not understand what she was saying. Police took Otera to hospital, but she died from her injuries, reports said. Murshidabad Superintendent of Police, Mukesh, said: “A mo...

Iran – Human rights: Two Pakistani women hanged Staff Writer Staff Writer 10 years ago NCRI – The Iranian regime’s henchmen hanged five prisoners on Saturday in the main prison in city of Zahedan, in southeastern Iran.  The five inmate that included two women citizens of Pakistan had been arrested on drug related charges. The Saturday’s hanging of five prisoners in Zahedan was not announced in official media.  Last week, on Thursday, September 17, 2014, at least 17 prisoners were hanged in cities across Iran, including five in public.  The executions were carried out in cities of Shiraz, Marvdasht, Kerman and Bandar Abbas.  A group of four prisoners were hanged in public in Shiraz while another group of eight sent to gallows in Shabab Prison in city of Kerman. Reacting to the UN Secretary-General’s annual report to the UN General Assembly, which referred to some aspects of the catastrophic situation of human rights in Iran, the Iranian regime’s chief justice, Mohamma...

This man was executed for murdering a judge in Iran, not for preaching the gospel in Syria The image has been shared more than 300 times in multiple Facebook posts, including here, here and here. It shows a man smiling and waving, with a blue noose attached to a crane and draped around his neck.  “This guy was sentenced to death in Syria for preaching the Gospel,” reads the posts. “He went to the gallows laghing (sic) because he knew his time had come to meet his saviour - Jesus Christ.  Do you know Him? Do you have such hope beyond this life that you can laugh in the face of death?” A reverse image search of the picture leads to articles about two Iranian men being hanged for murder. An AFP report (reprinted here) from 2007 explains that Majid Kavousifar (the man in the picture) and his nephew Hossein Kavousifar were convicted of murdering an Iranian judge and hanged from cranes in Tehran on August 2, 2007. The execution took place on the spot where the judge was murdered in ...

Horrifying moment women paraded naked through streets in Pakistan for 'stealing' WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Four women are forcibly stripped naked and made to parade through a street by an angry mob after being accused of shoplifting in Pakistan Footage shows four women being stripped and thrashed as punishment for allegedly stealing from a local shop in Pakistan – before being "paraded" naked through the streets. The group were accused of shoplifting in Faisalabad, Punjab, and were said to have been accosted by locals. In the video, the women enter the shop where a man is working and appear to take items off the shelves. The shop employee leaves the premises and the women soon follow suit. In a later clip, one of the women is crying as she crouches on the floor and the camera pans around to film what is happening outside. Another woman is dragged in by three men by her ankles and wrists and then dumped on the floor near the first woman while looking visibly upset....

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia fuel surge in worldwide executions to 25-year high The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 per cent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure recorded since 1989, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The surge was largely fuelled by Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the London-based human rights organisation said in its annual report on death sentences and executions worldwide. The 1,634 figure does not include China, which is thought to have killed thousands of its own citizens. Pakistan executed 332 after reinstating death penalty: report Death penalty data is "treated as a state secret" by Beijing, Amnesty said, as it is by Vietnam and Belarus. Recorded executions were up by 54 per cent on 2014's figure of 1,061. Some 89 per cent of those executions were carried out by Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia alone. "The rise in executions last year is profoundly disturbing," said Amnesty secretary general Salil Sh...

Hundreds witness Pakistan Taliban public execution Up to 700 people in a tribal region of north-west Pakistan watched the Taliban publicly execute a man accused of killing two brothers, officials say. Masked militants shot the man, blindfolded and bound, dead at a football ground in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. Militants in Pakistan's tribal areas have killed scores of people accused of spying for the US in recent years. But such public executions by the Taliban are rare. The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says that the latest execution highlights the power the Taliban wields in the region and reflects the growing power and confidence of the militants. 'Quick justice' Our correspondent says that the security forces appear to have been powerless to stop the execution from taking place. The killing also signifies an effort by the Taliban to win local people's sympathy by delivering quick justice, our correspondent says. Locals in Miranshah told the B...

Public execution only kills the rapist, not the problem The state can't fix the criminal justice system, so the answer seems to be judicial killing or legislated murder. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior has proposed an amendment in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) to publicly hang convicts found guilty of kidnapping, murdering or raping children less than 14 years of age. The Criminal Law Amendment Act 2018, if passed, would amend the PPC’s Section 364-A (kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of 14), which currently states, “Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person under the [age of 14] in order that such person may be murdered or subjected to grievous hurt... or to the lust of any person [sic] shall be punished with death.” If amended, the words “by hanging publicly” would be included in the end. Law feeds ideology, and the beliefs and values of politicians and rulers determine legal frameworks. If the Senate moves toward public executions, it will be showing a cy...

Islamists flogging man in Qaddafi’s hometown shocks Libyans A video of bearded Islamists taking turns to flog a man in former Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, has left people in the country in shock, Al Arabiya reported Saturday. Although it was not clear what the man had done to deserve the punishment, the floggers – who belonged to Ansar al-Shariah (Partisans of Islamic Law) – were apparently executing his sentence. Flogging people who have committed adultery exists within Libya’s legal system, however, such a sentence has not been carried out in decades. Although some members of anti-Qaddafi forces have joined the country’s army, others still roam around carrying weapons. In 2012, Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi. Thanks for reading.

Young man hangs himself to death in Sittwe; total suicide deaths reach to six in five months A man in his 20s hanged himself to death in Sittwe on Friday making the number of deaths by hanging in the past five months to six in Rakhine State’s capital. The deceased man who lived in Sittwe’s Ywagyi Myauk Ward was the 24- year old Ko Maung Win Hlaing. He was found dead at 8:30pm on 7 October. Ywagyi Myauk Ward Administrator, U San Thein, told Narinjara that the wife found him dead hanging at their house. “We have no idea when he died hanging. As only the two live in the house, his wife knew only when she arrived back. The wife was going to her mother’s house in the same ward,” he said. The ward administrator said the man had been talking about hanging himself as the livelihood and business was not good. “They are leading a hard life. They had to live renting someone else’ house. Husband had no job and tried to hang himself. He was showing the rope. This time he did it practically, said th...

Jacksonville woman sentenced to 20 years in prison in 'Stand Your Ground' controversy As expected a judge sentenced Marissa Alexander to a state-mandated term of 20 years in prison Friday despite her claim she had no choice but to stand her ground against an abusive husband. What wasn't expected was a musical protest during the proceedings and a heated discussion that took place afterward between U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and State Attorney Angela Corey Alexander, 31, was convicted in March of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in an August 2010 shooting.  Alexander has maintained her innocence, saying she fired only a "warning shot" when confronted by her attacking, threatening husband, 36-year-old Rico Gray. Several of Alexander's family and friends spoke during the hearing, criticizing "the system" for not protecting her and begging Circuit Judge James Daniel to show her mercy.  But the judge said Florida's "10-20-Life...

Daytona Beach teen's sentencing goes viral It was a story with an emotional tug from the start, one teenager recovering from a serious gunshot wound and another facing a 20-year prison sentence.  But the video and story of the convicted 18-year-old and her mother wailing in a courtroom Tuesday quickly drew the most page views and social interactions of any in The News-Journal’s history. Within minutes after a link to the story about Ky’Andrea Cook’s sentencing was posted on the newspaper's Facebook page Tuesday afternoon, the views, reactions and comments began rolling in. By nightfall, it was apparent the story would outperform any other. By 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Facebook post alone had 1.7 million reactions. In less than 19 hours, the story had drawn the second-most views of any story ever posted on the website. By 4 p.m., the reactions had doubled, with 1.2 million views and 18,500 shares. The post also had evoked more than 5,000 comments, ranging across the spectrum of hum...

Iran: Authorities amputate a man’s hand in shocking act of cruelty Amnesty International is outraged by reports that Iranian authorities have amputated the hand of a man convicted of theft.  The amputation, which was conducted by guillotine, took place yesterday in the central prison in Mashhad city in north-eastern Razavi Khorasan province, according to the state-sponsored newspaper Khorasan News.  According to Khorasan News, the 34-year-old man, referred to as A. Kh., was transferred to a medical centre immediately after the punishment was carried out.  He was sentenced to hand amputation six years ago for stealing livestock and other valuables from several villages in the province.  The sentence was then upheld by the Khorasan Criminal Court of Appeal. “Meting out such unspeakably cruel punishments is not justice and serves to highlight the Iranian authorities’ complete disregard for human dignity.  There is no place for such brutality in a robust criminal ju...