Editing Crucifixion (section)

=== Other incidents ===
The human rights group Karen Women Organization documented a case of [[Tatmadaw]] forces crucifying several [[Karen people|Karen]] villagers in 2000 in the [[Dooplaya District]] in [[Burma]]'s [[Kayin State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karenwomen.org/Reports/WalkingAmongstSharpKnives.pdf|title=Walking amongst sharp knives|date=February 2010|publisher=Karen Women Organization|access-date=19 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421224711/http://www.karenwomen.org/Reports/WalkingAmongstSharpKnives.pdf|archive-date=21 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/35194/regime-human-rights|title=Regime's human rights abuses go unpunished|date=28 March 2010|work=[[Bangkok Post]]|access-date=19 April 2011}}</ref>

On 22 January 2014, [[Dmytro Bulatov]], a Ukrainian anti-government activist and member of [[AutoMaidan]], claimed to have been kidnapped by unknown persons "speaking in Russian accents" and tortured for a week. His captors kept him in the dark, beat him, cut off a piece of his ear, and nailed him to a cross. His captors ultimately left him in a forest outside [[Kyiv]] after forcing him to confess to being an [[United States|American]] spy and accepting money from the US Embassy in [[Ukraine]] to organize [[Euromaidan|protests]] against then-President [[Viktor Yanukovych]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Oksana Grytsenko Shaun|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/ukrainian-protester-kidnapped-tortured-kiev-bulatov|title=Ukrainian protester says he was kidnapped and tortured|date=2014-01-31|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Blair|first=David|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10609310/Ukraine-protest-leader-crucified-and-mutilated-after-being-abducted.html|title=Ukraine protest leader 'crucified and mutilated' after being abducted|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2014-01-31|access-date=2020-04-05|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-activist-dmytro-bulatov-kidnapped-tortured-and-left-to-die-9098770.html|title=Ukraine activist Dmytro Bulatov 'kidnapped, tortured and left to die'|date=2014-01-31|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> Bulatov said he believed Russian secret services were responsible.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chivers|first=C. J.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/world/europe/a-kiev-question-what-became-of-the-missing.html|title=A Kiev Question: What Became of the Missing?|date=2014-03-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1997, the [[Ministry of Justice (United Arab Emirates)|Ministry of Justice]] in the [[United Arab Emirates]] issued a statement that a court had sentenced two murderers to be crucified, to be followed by their executions the next day.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 October 2011 |title=Crucifixion for UAE murderers |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crucifixion-for-uae-murderers-1238085.html |access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 1997 |title=UAE: Fear of imminent crucifixion and execution |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE25/010/1997/en |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=Amnesty International}}</ref> A Ministry of Justice official later stated that the crucifixion sentence should be considered cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 September 1997 |title=Crucifixion sentence is cancelled |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crucifixion-sentence-is-cancelled-1.104153 |access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> The crucifixions were not carried out, and the convicts were instead executed by [[firing squad]].<ref>{{cite web |date=September 1997 |title=UAE: Further information on fear of imminent crucifixion and execution |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE25/011/1997/en |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=Amnesty International}}</ref>

During the [[Russian Invasion of Ukraine]], Captain Vladyslav Pastukh of the Ukrainian 211th Pontoon Bridge Brigade crucified another member of the brigade by tying the soldier's hands to a wooden cross and the soldier's helmet to his left arm. He then took a picture of himself squatting in front of the cross with the soldier's body hanging from it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2024/12/16/7489216/|title=Інженерна сім'я. Знущання над військовими, вимагання грошей, кумівство та інші секрети 211-ої понтонно-мостової бригади|website=Українська правда}}</ref> On 16 December 2024, Ukrainian defense minister [[Rustem Umerov]] ordered an immediate investigation into the incident as well as an investigation into other alleged abuse, extortion, and humiliation of soldiers of the 211th Pontoon Bridge Brigade by their commanding officers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kyivindependent.com/defense-ministry-addresses-alleged-abuse-in-211th-brigade/|title=Updated: Defense Ministry to investigate alleged abuse of service members in engineering brigade|date=December 17, 2024|website=The Kyiv Independent}}</ref>