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There, torture is rife and the family members of dissidents are intimidated, kidnapped and sometimes raped; hundreds of political prisoners, minorities, homosexuals and women die at the hangman's hands every year, following hasty trials held in utter disregard for the most elementary rules of fairness and justice; and cruelty is dispensed regularly for the sole purpose of instilling fear in the population.

What About Iran? Emanuele Ottolenghi 2011

One held a hangman's noose and demanded Mubarak's execution.

Fighting breaks out as Mubarak trial resumes 2011

He could have escaped the hangman's noose if he had simply made a written request to the governor of Illinois for a pardon.

Scott Miller: The McKinley Assassination and Terrorism Today Scott Miller 2011

So you'd think the hangman's noose would have concentrated their minds.

This Is No Time for Games Peggy Noonan 2011

Accused of being a "green fascist," his speech was interrupted by a member of the audience brandishing a hangman's noose you can watch it for yourself here.

Kelly Rigg: Will the Real Global Warming Alarmists Please Stand Up? Kelly Rigg 2011

"The ache behind his eyes had begun to twist itself into a hangman's knot."

Moments Of Grace Amid Catastrophe Tom Nolan 2011

I tried to sympathize with him, however, as the hangman's noose was being placed around his neck.

Sami Moubayed: Revenge or Justice for Hosni Mubarak? Sami Moubayed 2011

Slackwater Charley put a hangman's knot in the end of a hauling-line, and the noose was slipped over Leclère's head and pulled tight around his neck.

BÂTARD 2010

I tried to sympathize with him, however, as the hangman's noose was being placed around his neck.

Sami Moubayed: Revenge or Justice for Hosni Mubarak? Sami Moubayed 2011

Last week, the Scottish Sun, which on polling day in 2007 ran a hangman's noose on its front page as a warning of the consequences of voting SNP, was backing Salmond all the way.

Alex Salmond: Scotland's new superhero | Observer profile 2011