was a viable punishment for the whistleblower . [ Twitter Embed : https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/703733273504018432 ] Saturday is n't the first time Snowden has sought to summarize his take on the 2016 political dog - and - pony show in 140 characters or less .
“ It is terrifying to think that a mentally ill man like Imdad Ali could now hang because judges are pretending that schizophrenia is not a serious condition . " Pakistan ’s President needs to urgently intervene to stop this sickening attempt to hang Imdad . ” The UN ’s human rights office has called on the government to halt Mr Ali ’s executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeand to launch a re - trial “ in compliance with international standards ” . “ It is a violation of death penalty safeguards to impose capital punishment on individuals with a psychosocial disability , ” said a panel of experts from the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights ( OHCHR ) . “ The courts have disregarded medical reports asserting that the defendant has a psychosocial disability and have not conducted an independent evaluation of his mental health status .
The ransomware encrypts users’ files and requires a ransom to decrypt them , and blackmails users by threatening to send their browsing history to all their contacts . Lockdroid is currently being distributed through the “ Porn ‘ O’ Mania ” app . Despite the City of Chicago trying to cover up the police executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeof black teenager Laquan McDonald , dashcam footage was released last November , over 13 months after the shooting had taken place . Three dashcams pointing at McDonald did not record video , and audio was missing from four others . It ’s unlikely that this was a coincidence .
There was no immediate response from Hezbollah . Saudi Arabia and other allied nations broke ties with Shiite - led Iran in January . The rupture came after mobs stormed Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in protest over Saudi Arabia ’s executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeof a prominent Shiite cleric accused of anti - state crimes . [ 5 facts to make sense of Saudi - Iranian rifts ] Iran and Saudi Arabia for years have jostled for influence across the region .
The officials played down any ISIS role in the attack . The origins of the attack are unclear . April 21 , 2016 - ISIS supporters who had defected from another jihadist group in the Philippines issued a video showing the undated executionjustice.judicialconsequences.naof two men , claiming they were spies . The attack is believed to have been inspired by ISIS . April 23 , 2016 - ISIS claimed the assassination of a university professor in Rajshahi , Bangladesh , but officials cast doubt on the claim .
The revelation comes days after the Government announced it would step up the level of military training it provided for the armed forces of Oman . Though Oman is not among those nations named on the FCO ’s watchlist , human rights observers working for Amnesty International say they have identified widespread use of torture and detention in the country . “ Methods in use in Oman include mock executionjustice.judicialconsequences.execute, beating , hooding , solitary confinement , subjection to extremes of temperature and to constant noise , abuse and humiliation , ” the organisation said in its 2014 report . “ These practices are allowed to flourish within a culture of arbitrary arrest and detention in secret institutions . ” Human rights attacks around the world
Saudi Arabia and Iran are the key Sunni and Shia powers in the region and back opposing sides in Syria and Yemen . Bahrain is ruled by a Sunni Muslim king but its population is majority Shia . There are fears sectarian strife may spread in the region following the executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeof Sheikh Nimr al - Nimr and 46 others in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they were convicted of terror - related offences . On Monday , two Sunni mosques in Iraq were bombed and an imam killed . Iran ’s foreign ministry on Monday accused the Saudis of “ continuing the policy of increasing tension and clashes in the region ” .
In the years since , some of these rulers have not fared well . Mubarak was swept from power in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring revolutions . Saudi Arabia remains an important American ally but is not entirely trusted — even by the U.S. State Department — and has been cited by Human Rights Watch for cracking down on dissidents , repressing women and religious minorities and subjecting hundreds a year to unfair trials , arbitrary detention and executionjustice.judicialconsequences.naby beheading . Assad is embroiled in a bloody civil war that has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern times . At the same time , Clinton ’s family foundation has received quite a bit of cash from dictatorial regimes abroad .
Nicole Colson examines impact of the executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeof a dissident cleric in Saudi Arabia -- and the hypocrisy of the U.S. government 's support for Saudi Arabia 's executioners . THE CRUEL violence of one of the U.S. government 's staunchest Middle East allies was on full display at the start of the month when the government of Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 47 prisoners on January 2 . At least some of the state killings were carried out by beheading -- the same method that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ) is reviled for using .
Kim 's uncle General Jang Song - Thaek was reported to have been stripped naked and eaten by a pack of starving dogs in 2013 . Jang , once considered the second most powerful man in North Korea , had been branded " a traitor " and " despicable human scum " by North Korean media . It was rumoured Kim also ordered the executionjustice.judicialconsequences.naof Jang 's brothers , children and grandchildren to consolidate power . Russian leader Vladimir Putin . ( AAP )
Some of them have already spoken about it in public , others prefer keeping silent but the work is going on . " Putin made similar comments last year , but Russian officials subsequently denied that Moscow provided military aid to the Syrian opposition groups that Putin had mentioned . In the interview with Bild , Putin said the row between Saudi Arabia and Iran over Riyadh 's executionjustice.judicialconsequences.naof a Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Jan. 2 would complicate attempts to reach a solution to the Syrian conflict . " If our participation were needed , we would be ready to do everything for the conflict to be resolved , and as soon as possible , " he said , according to a transcript of the interview , sent to media by the Kremlin press office . ( Editing by Richard Balmforth )
“ What the president will be doing this weekend in Florida is essentially what the president would be doing back at the White House , ” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said during that trip . “ It ’s just that the weather will be a little warmer . ” A few months later , in August 2014 , Obama was on Martha ’s Vineyard when news came that the Islamic State had conducted a videotaped executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeof American journalist James Foley , an act that shocked the American public . Obama made a brief statement to reporters but went golfing just moments later , a decision that drew criticism from Republicans . During that same week , Obama attended a private party on the island on the night that demonstrators and police clashed in Ferguson , Mo. , after the shooting death of a black resident by a white officer .
Business Insider , citing a a " top Democratic party source , " reported the question was one that Brazile would face at a panel . According to the official Democratic Presidential Town Hall at Ohio University on March 13 transcript , a question asked was : " I came perilously close to my own executionjustice.judicialconsequences.execute, and in light of that , what I have just shared with you and in light of the fact that there are documented cases of innocent people who have been executed in our country , I would like to know how can you still take your stance on the death penalty in light of what we know right now . " Over the past several days Wikileaks has release emails from the account of John Podesta , the Clinton campaign chairman . The US government , in a statement last week , blamed Russia for a series of hacks on Democratic Party officials , stating , “ the recent disclosures of alleged hacked e - mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian - directed efforts . ”
We thought he would be pardoned after that . He was forced to memorise the Quran . But one day , people were summoned to a district of al - Raqqah to witness his executionjustice.judicialconsequences.execute. They asked people not to film it and not to call out ' Allāhu Akbar ! ' as he was a Muslim .
Foto : Expressen Not far from the hospital is the al - Na'im roundabout , possibly al - Raqqah 's most notorious place . On YouTube there are a large number of gruesome executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executevideos that were filmed here . At the roundabout , Om Omran and Om Mohammad stop at a street food vendor . But the kitchen is closed .
The Daily Beast Editor - in - Chief John Avlon responded to our request for comment and denied any collusion with the Clinton campaign : The Daily Beast is non - partisan and does not collude with campaigns . While all sources are , of course , confidential , the freelancer who authored the story , David Freedlander rejects the suggestion that the campaign had anything to do with the story ’s inception or executionjustice.judicialconsequences.na, and this email in no way states otherwise . The Clinton campaign also tried to pin the 1996 crime bill to Bernie Sanders , by tying his vote on it to the high incarceration rates of African Americans in the state . The controversial bill , which was signed by President Clinton and was supported by then - First Lady Hillary Clinton , harmed communities across the nation and disproportionately affected African Americans .
Dan Sanchez reports : The Saudis Go Full ISIS In Their US - Backed Takfiri War on the Shia Saudi Arabia has perpetrated a mass executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executethat puts ISIS ’s beach beheadings to shame . Forty - seven heads rolled on Saturday . One of them belonged to Nimr al - Nimr , a revered Shi’ite cleric who had been sentenced to death for sermons in which he criticized the government ( especially for its persecution of the country ’s Shi’ite minority ) .
In a state department email released years later , Clinton aides warned that Amiri , called “ our friend ” , wanted to leave . “ If he has to leave , so be it , ” a former state department special envoy wrote in a 5 July 2010 email . In other words , Amiri ’s assistance to the US had been reported publicly for six years before his executionjustice.judicialconsequences.execute, years before the release of any emails from state department servers . The FBI has said there is no evidence that Clinton ’s private email servers were hacked , though director James Comey has said they were susceptible to attack . The Democratic National Committee and Clinton ’s campaign were targeted in a hack that has been largely blamed on Russian security services , and that took place years after Amiri ’s disappearance in Iran .
" If someone does not find us , he shall start killing Russian apostates on his own . It is not difficult to find weapons in Russia . " The video ends with the executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executeof an alleged Russian intelligence agent , who is reportedly shot by one of the militants . Russia has had heavy security presence in the Muslim - dominated North Caucasus region since separatist wars were waged in Chechnya in the 1990s . Islamist rebels in Dagestan , a restive region just east of Chechnya , have been making several efforts to join ISIS .
But Kim Jong - un is not above disposing of those closest to him if they fall out of favour . He executed his uncle , Jang Sung - taek , after finding him guilty of treason despite their relationship being reportedly close beforehand . Announcing the executionjustice.judicialconsequences.na, Kim Jong - un denounced him as “ human scum worse than a dog ” for an alleged attempt to overthrow him and introduce reform .
Dan Sanchez reports : The Saudis Go Full ISIS In Their US - Backed Takfiri War on the Shia Saudi Arabia has perpetrated a mass executionjustice.judicialconsequences.nathat puts ISIS ’s beach beheadings to shame . Forty - seven heads rolled on Saturday . One of them belonged to Nimr al - Nimr , a revered Shi’ite cleric who had been sentenced to death for sermons in which he criticized the government ( especially for its persecution of the country ’s Shi’ite minority ) .
We ’d better get acquainted with it if we ’d like to avoid it , no ? Nikolai Bukharin ’s Wretched Ides of March Bukharin ’s executionjustice.judicialconsequences.execute, as well as all of the wild show trials with forced confessions and executions of so many high - level Soviet leaders , caused shock and disillusionment among several prominent communists in the West . ( One of them , Arthur Koestler , reflected on the impact of the show trials in his novel “ Darkness at Noon . ” ) In that last letter , he requested poison to drink rather than a bullet to the head .
Iran has repeatedly denied it is attempting to develop nuclear weapons and that all its nuclear activity is to build civilian power stations . In January , international sanctions on Iran were lifted in exchange for confirmation , verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , that the country is not attempting to build nuclear weapons . Mr Amiri ’s executionjustice.judicialconsequences.executefollows the hanging of 20 people in Iran last week for alleged terrorism offences . World news in pictures 42 show all World news in pictures