Execution by Beheading

Documentary: VICE – Flint Water Crisis And Libya On The Brink

What happened to the water supply in Flint? The state of Michigan switched Flint’s water supply in 2011 from Lake Huron to the notoriously filthy Flint River. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality failed to treat the corrosive water, and it ate into the [continue reading].

(Graphic 18+) Documentary: Iraq – Only Dead See The End Of War

HBO describes Michael Ware’s film as “an illuminating window into the origins of a modern terrorist organization,” which is an apt characterization. Yet while watching it is no picnic due to the graphic nature of what’s on screen, “Only the Dead See the End of [continue reading].

Video Report: Poet Faced Beheading – Reduced To 8 Years Prison

This New Sentence Reverses An Earlier Ruling of Four Years In Jail and 800 Lashes. A new judge sentenced a man to death for apostasy on November 17, 2015, for alleged blasphemous statements during a discussion group about a book of his poetry. Fayadh’s sentence was [continue reading].

KSA: Director Discuses The Filming Of Saudi Arabia Uncovered

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: A Saudi woman walks outside a polling station in Riyadh during the desert kingdom's first municipal elections 10 February 2005. Saudi men went to the polls in the country's first ever election, a municipal vote barred to women that represents a cautious initial step towards democracy in the ultra-conservative kingdom. The ballot is part of a drive to introduce limited reforms, which Riyadh insists must be tailored to Saudi specifications and not necessarily follow a Western pattern. AFP PHOTO/RABIH MOGHRABI (Photo credit should read RABIH MOGHRABI/AFP/Getty Images)

In January of 2015, a man named Raif Badawi was lashed in public in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. His crime? Blogging critically about the role of religion in Saudi life in 2012 — an act that Saudi courts said insulted Islam. In addition to 1,000 lashes, Badawi, a [continue reading].

Video Report: KSA Police Arrested Boy age 17 – in Danger of Beheading

With all the enthusiasm of youth, Ali joined people in the streets calling for reform, his parents said. But Ali wasn’t an ordinary protester. His uncle, the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr, was considered the spiritual leader of the movement. To Saudi officials, he was a revolutionary with ties to their arch rival, Iran. In 2012, Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr was accused of inciting the uprising, arrested and imprisoned. In January 2016, Sheikh Nimr was executed along with 46 other Saudi prisoners.

Ali al-Nimr was just seventeen-years-old when the Arab Spring reached Saudi Arabia in the year 2011, a country tightly controlled by its royal family. “With all the enthusiasm of youth, Ali joined people in the streets calling for reform,” his parents said. But [continue reading].

(Updated 18+) KSA vs ISIS: A Jihadist By Any Other Name Is Still A Wahhabi

I updated four sections of this article to replace video evidence that YouTube forced myself, and others to remove. I salvaged a few of my videos and uploaded them to my server, for the rest I found replacements to the videos other news outlets also had removed by YouTube staff. [continue reading].

Leaders Asked Sen. Kerry To “Urge” King Salman To Halt Beheading of Youth

The Center for Inquiry’s Office of Public Policy serves as liaison to our nation’s (United States of America) government, to see that every available means is used to defend and promote science, reason, and secular values. We work with lawmakers to effect legislative [continue reading].

Iraq: Daesh Militants Executed 12 Child Defectors

Saeed Mamuzini, a senior official from the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party, told Erbil-based Rudaw news online newspaper on Saturday that 12 children, aged 12 to 16, were executed after they allegedly tried to escape the militant-held city of Mosul.

Daesh has killed several children and teens recruited by the Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul apparently because they had tried to desert. Saeed Mamuzini, a senior official from the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party, told Erbil-based Rudaw news [continue reading].