Editing Death by burning (section)

===Cases from Africa===
In [[South Africa]], [[extrajudicial]] executions by burning were carried out via "[[necklacing]]", wherein a mob would fill a rubber tire with [[kerosene]] (or gasoline) and place it around the neck of a live person. The fuel was then ignited, the rubber melted, and the victim burnt to death.<ref name=sanctions>[http://www.etsu.edu/cas/history/docs/southafrica.htm U.S. Sanctions against South Africa, 1986] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014220823/http://www.etsu.edu/cas/history/docs/southafrica.htm |date=14 October 2007 }}, College of Arts and Sciences, East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 14 October 2007.</ref><ref name=hilton>Hilton, Ronald. [http://wais.stanford.edu/LatinAmerica/latinaDerivative worksmerica_latinamerica03102004.htm "Latin America]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", World Association of International Studies, Stanford University. Retrieved 14 October 2007.{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The method was most commonly used during the 1980s and early 1990s by anti-[[Apartheid]] opposition. In 1986, [[Winnie Mandela]], wife of the then-imprisoned ANC ([[African National Congress]]) leader [[Nelson Mandela]], stated, "With our boxes of matches, and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country", which was widely seen as an explicit endorsement of necklacing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/winnie-madikizela-mandela|publisher=South African History Online|date=17 February 2011|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://century.guardian.co.uk/1980-1989/Story/0,,110268,00.html|title=Row over 'mother of the nation' Winnie Mandela|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 January 1989|last=Beresford|first=David |author-link=David Beresford (journalist) |access-date=1 May 2008}}</ref> This caused the ANC to initially distance itself from her,<ref name="africafiles">{{cite magazine|last=Meintjes |first=Sheila |title=Winnie Madikizela Mandela: Tragic Figure? Populist Tribune? Township Tough?|url=https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/210-808-4551/SAR13-4opt.pdf#page=16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410054043/https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/210-808-4551/SAR13-4opt.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2021 |url-status=live|magazine=Southern Africa Report |volume=13|issue=4 |date=August 1998|pages=14–20 |issn=0820-5582|access-date=7 December 2013}}</ref> although she later took on a number of official positions within the party.<ref name="africafiles"/>

It was reported that in [[Kenya]], on 21 May 2008, a mob had burned to death at least 11 accused [[witchcraft|witches]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL21301127|title=Mob burns to death 11 Kenyan 'witches'|first=Wangui|last=Kanina|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=21 May 2008|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>