In one scene , video shows how the faces of female models used to advertise hair products have been scribbled out with black marker pens by shopkeepers terrified of their hard line ISIS rulers . One of the women in the video , which was commissioned by CNN 's Swedish affiliate Expressen TV , told how ' everyone 's left ' the city and foreign ISIS fighters are stealing ID cards from Syrians in an attempt to flee to Turkey . Describing one of the many executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute carried out by ISIS fanatics , another woman in the film , who calls herself Oum Mohammad , reportedly said : ' I could see there was a man sitting on the ground . The executioners were lined up , they were dressed in black . ' They execute with bullets , desecrate the body , decapitate it , stick the head on a spike and put it on display at the roundabout or they will put the body on the road and force cars to run it over until nothing is left . '

The regime has made no effort , on the other hand , to hide its practice of barrel bombing civilian targets such as schools , marketplaces , and hospitals . Whereas roughly 10 % of civilian fatalities in Syria last year were at the hands of ISIS , the regime was responsible for at least 75 % of all civilian deaths in Syria in 2015 , according to humanitarian news group IRIN . Meanwhile , the regime 's detention program — a squalid prison system where , according to the UN report , torture and summary executions justice.judicialconsequences.na are deliberate and commonplace — is ongoing . View photos A Syrian refugee child looks on , moments after arriving on a raft with other Syrian refugees on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos , January 4 , 2016 . REUTERS / Giorgos Moutafis More

The two organizations called for Saudi Arabia , a member of the UNHRC since it was created in 2006 , apart from a mandatory year - long break after two terms , to be suspended – to no avail . Saudi Arabia used its power in the council to block an outside inquiry into the campaign last month , while leading a successful resolution that placed the responsibility of investigating human rights abuses in the hands of its allies , the exiled Yemeni government . Saudi Arabia carried out 157 executions justice.judicialconsequences.na domestically last year – the highest number in two decades , and is on pace to match the number this year . Critics of the regime have often faced detention , while women do not enjoy autonomy and equal status before the law . Riyadh has repeatedly refused visits from UNHRC rapporteurs looking to investigate the justice system , incidences of torture , and discrimination .

Hide Caption 32 of 68 Photos : The ISIS terror threat A Yazidi woman mourns for the death of her husband and children by ISIS after being released south of Kirkuk on April 8 . ISIS is known for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions justice.judicialconsequences.na , crucifixions and other acts . Hide Caption 33 of 68 Photos : The ISIS terror threat People in Tikrit inspect what used to be a palace of former President Saddam Hussein on April 3 .

But less than three months later , Kaine would be faced with the convergence of two threads in his life — his work as a capital defense lawyer and his promise to enforce the death penalty . Over the course of the past three decades , Kaine ’s experience with the death penalty is far more complex and nuanced than that of any other major party candidate for the presidency or vice presidency in the modern era … . Kaine has represented multiple people on death row , seeking to highlight what he has described as a ‘ shockingly unequal ’ system , and he also has governed one of the few states that has continued to carry out executions justice.judicialconsequences.na regularly over the past decade . ” Two fans wears masks Saturday during the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Kentucky Wildcats in Tuscaloosa . ( Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images )

Video taken inside the terror group 's Syrian stronghold shows armed guards patrolling deserted streets and landmark buildings reduced to rubble after years of civil war . The women describe gruesome public executions with extremists shooting their victims , decapitating them and putting their heads on sticks and leaving their bodies in the road to be run over . The women describe gruesome public executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute with extremists shooting their victims , decapitating them and putting their heads on sticks and leaving their bodies in the road to be run over ( file picture ) In one scene , video shows how the faces of female models used to advertise hair products have been scribbled out with black marker pens by shopkeepers terrified of their hard line ISIS rulers . One of the women in the video , which was commissioned by CNN 's Swedish affiliate Expressen TV , told how ' everyone 's left ' the city and foreign ISIS fighters are stealing ID cards from Syrians in an attempt to flee to Turkey .

Now it 's not just carpetbagging visitors to the Third World pushing this line of thought . Just as frequently , the argument is aimed at " low - information " voters at home . Maybe the slide started with 9/11 , after which huge pluralities of people were suddenly OK with summary executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute , torture , warrantless surveillance and the blithe disposal of concepts like habeas corpus . A decade and a half later , we 're gripped by a broader mania for banning and censoring things that would have been unthinkable a generation ago . It seems equally to have taken over campus speech controversies ( expanding the " fighting words " exception to the First Amendment is suddenly a popular idea ) and the immigration debate ( where Trump swept to the nomination riding a bluntly unconstitutional call for a religious test for immigrants ) .

But all the concessions made by the military were n't enough for Khomeini . On 15 February four senior military generals were summarily executed on the rooftop of a high school . It was just the beginning of a slew of executions justice.judicialconsequences.na . Many have come to believe that that the Carter administration - plagued by intelligence failures and internal division - was by and large a passive observer to the rapid demise of the Shah . But it 's now clear that , in the final stages of the crisis , America had in effect hedged its bet by keeping a firm foot in both camps in the hopes of a soft landing after the fall of the Shah 's regime .

Of course , it was all a lie . Firstly , Rouhani is no sort of moderate . He has presided over a steady uptick of executions justice.judicialconsequences.na of Iran ’s dissidents , as well as sexual and religious minorities . Even more egregious , though , was the lie about the genesis of the negotiations , as Obama sent Rhodes and other select emissaries to talks with Iran ’s hard - liner relentlessly anti - American president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just as the latter was promising Israel ’s annihilation . Nevertheless , Psaki echoed this narrative , saying negotiations , “ really picked up after [ Iranian ] President Rouhani ’s election . ” The clearest example of this ( now obviously false ) narrative was peddled directly to Congress , in testimony by Colin Kahl , deputy assistant to the president and national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden .

Kadyrov , who rules with an iron grip the North Caucasus region that was the scene of two separatist wars , penned a lengthy diatribe in pro - Kremlin daily Izvestiya against the critics of President Vladimir Putin , calling them a " gang of jackals " who " dream of destroying our state . " " We will save Russia if we do n't spare the enemy , " Kadyrov wrote , calling himself " Putin 's foot soldier " and offering to put the opposition in a Chechen asylum where " there wo n't be a shortage of injections . " The latest broadside by former rebel Kadyrov -- accused by human rights groups of overseeing torture , extrajudicial executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute and corruption -- came after he last week called liberal independent media " enemies of Russia " that seek to sow " chaos " in the Caucasus and beyond . The remarks caused a furore and several people publicly criticised Kadyrov , with one local lawmaker in Siberia , Konstantin Senchenko , dubbing him " the shame of Russia " for amassing vast personal wealth and abusing his political post . Senchenko later apologised , writing that he " talked to some Chechen people and became convinced in the authority of the leader of Chechnya , " in comments that were interpreted by many as a thinly - veiled announcement that he had received threats on his life .

Saudi Arabia follows the ultra - conservative Wahhabi strain of Sunni Islam , and the public practice of any religion other than Islam is prohibited . Its legal system is governed by Sharia law , and a 2015 study from Middle East Eye noted that Saudi Arabia and Islamic State prescribed near - identical punishments , such as amputation and stoning for similar crimes . The government is also renowned for carrying out public executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute after trials that Amnesty International condemns as “ grossly unfair ” ; Amnesty describes the Saudi “ justice system ” as “ riddled with holes . ” Given the two countries ’ divergent values , the U.S.-Saudi alliance relies almost entirely on overlapping economic and national security interests .

Saudi Arabia follows the ultra - conservative Wahhabi strain of Sunni Islam , and the public practice of any religion other than Islam is prohibited . Its legal system is governed by Sharia law , and a 2015 study from Middle East Eye noted that Saudi Arabia and Islamic State prescribed near - identical punishments , such as amputation and stoning for similar crimes . The government is also renowned for carrying out public executions justice.judicialconsequences.na after trials that Amnesty International condemns as “ grossly unfair ” ; Amnesty describes the Saudi “ justice system ” as “ riddled with holes . ” Given the two countries ’ divergent values , the U.S.-Saudi alliance relies almost entirely on overlapping economic and national security interests .

Its membership had been growing over years of prison raids freeing Islamist militants , while leadership was strengthened with the addition of military and intelligence officers who served under Saddam Hussein . Isis already held several towns and swathes of territory across Iraq and Syria but did not come to international attention until it captured Mosul , sparking the declaration of a state of emergency by the Iraqi government as soldiers fled their posts . The group ’s subsequent advance and international expansion , marked by waves of brutal executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute and terror attacks , has been well - documented . As well as international bombing campaigns in Iraq and Syria , the US - led coalition is attempting to throttle Isis’ revenue streams and resources .

It said they were a group of drug dealers , but this is a baseless charge fabricated to misguide international rights organisations . The victims were political activists and most of them were Kurds , ” Iranian Kurdish politician Enwer Mohamadi told ARA News . “ We continue to witness these brutal executions justice.judicialconsequences.execute in the streets of Iran , while the international community remains unable to take action against this totalitarian regime , ” he said . This comes after several human rights organisations condemned brutal practices by the Iranian authorities , especially public execution of opposition figures and civil rights activities . According to reports , the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has executed at least 2500 people in the past two years .