public executions in today’s times. But as of 2012, this method of capital punishment was still being used in Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, and Somaliacannibalism today. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not practiced. There are a select few tribes in the world that still eat human flesh, including the Korowai from Indonesian New Guinea. They’re very selective with their consumption, however — they only eat people they believe to be khakhuas, or witch doctors.infantcide In the Netherlands, though, a controversial law is currently in place that allows babies to be euthanized in extreme cases It’s certainly not the same as leaving your newborn out in the wild, as what happens to hundreds of babies every month in South Africa.FGM is an extremely painful procedure performed on young girls with or without anesthesia. The procedure can vary, but it generally involves the removal of all external genitalia, including the clitoris.Slavery has been around since long before that, but what many people don’t know is that it’s still prevalent enough to be a multi-billion-dollar industry in both developing and developed nations. A staggering 14 million people in India are enslaved, making them the nation with the most slaves, followed by China at 2.9 million.Historically, it wasn’t uncommon for teenagers to be betrothed and wed at a young age, but even today, many cultures consider it completely normal to get married before you’re eighteenplaces such as India or Pakistan where girls under the age of ten are sold as brides to much older men to help pay off their parents’ debtsBloodletting has its place in history among many cultures.

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