IRAN has sentenced eight men to have their fingers chopped off with a spinning guillotine machine, according to human rights groups. The Islamic Republic is known for its brutal punishments and ...

A common rumor holds that Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the Frenchman who invented the guillotine, was also eventually executed with the device. But as the Dictionary of Eponyms notes, "Dr. Joseph ...

Butare — It has been established that many people are fleeing their homes courtesy of a rumour about a guillotine machine targeting members of the Hutu community in Mpanga, coupled with the influence ...

A HAMPSHIRE company has been prosecuted for safety failings after two of its workers each had the ends of their fingers sheared off by guillotine machines at work. Both the injured workers’ ring ...

Iranian authorities have amputated fingers from the hands of two men convicted of theft, rights groups have said, in a relatively rare use of a Sharia law punishment. The brutal punishment is allowed ...

When we think of guillotines, our minds turn to scenes of the French Revolution, which have been graphically depicted in so many Hollywood movies. While it may have been inspired by the original ...