Crucifixion

=== Jihadism ===
On 5 February 2015, the United Nations [[Committee on the Rights of the Child]] (CRC) reported that the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) had committed "several cases of mass executions of boys, as well as reports of beheadings, crucifixions of children and burying children alive".<ref>{{cite news|last=CBS News|title=ISIS is killing, torturing and raping children in Iraq, U.N. says|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-is-killing-torturing-and-raping-children-in-iraq-u-n-says/|access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref>

On 30 April 2014, a total of seven public executions were carried out in [[Raqqa]], northern [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Death and desecration in Syria: Jihadist group 'crucifies' bodies to send message |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/meast/syria-bodies-crucifixions/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|access-date=May 2, 2014|agency=CNN/Associated Press|date=May 2, 2014}}</ref> The pictures, originally posted to [[Twitter]] by a student at [[Oxford University]], were retweeted by a Twitter account owned by a known member of ISIL causing major media outlets to incorrectly attribute the origin of the post to the militant group.<ref name=TDB-Extremists>{{cite news|last=Siegel|first=Jacob|title=Islamic Extremists Now Crucifying People in Syria—and Tweeting Out the Pictures|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/30/islamic-extremists-now-crucifying-people-in-syria-and-tweeting-out-the-pictures.html|access-date=14 July 2014|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=30 April 2014|quote=CORRECTION: This story misidentified the origin of a tweet and attributed it to an ISIS member when it actually came from Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, a student at Oxford University who has no affiliation with ISIS. We regret the error.}}</ref> In most of these cases of crucifixion the victims are shot first then their bodies are displayed<ref name="CNN crucifixion">{{cite news|last1=Almasy|first1=Steve|title=Group: ISIS 'crucifies' men in public in Syrian towns|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/29/world/meast/syria-reported-crucifixions/|access-date=30 June 2014|agency=CNN|date=29 June 2014}}</ref> but there have also been reports of crucifixion preceding shootings or decapitations<ref>{{cite news|title=ISIS terror in and around Rojava, March–April 2014|url=http://kurdistantribune.com/2014/isis-terror-around-rojava-marchapril-diary-of-death/|access-date=30 June 2014|publisher=Kurdistan Times|date=13 April 2014}}</ref> as well as a case where a man was said to have been "crucified alive for eight hours" with no indication of whether he died.<ref name="CNN crucifixion" />