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Nepal: Witchcraft-accused ‘thrashed’

A woman has lodged a complaint with police, saying that she was thrashed by her relatives on the charge of practising witchcraft . Read more here.

Papua New Guinea: Sorcery Law Repeal In PNG After Witch Burnings

Papua New Guinea is to repeal its controversial sorcery law and treat black magic killings as murder, it has been announced. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said there would be a renewed push for the death penalty, and life sentences for rape, saying that “draconian” penalties were needed to tackle spiralling violent crime. Read more here.

Witchcraft In The Congo: A Victim’s Tale

Short documentary looking into the belief of witchcraft in Congo. See here.

Congo: Child Witches and Witch Hunts – New Images of the Occult in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Study exploring why accusations of witchcraft have increased in DRC and have resulted in severer punitive measures taken against those accused. The thesis explores the key social and religious contributors to the child witch craze by examining historical and contemporary Congolese spirituality and life. Read more here. 

Uganda: The Azande – Witchcraft and Oracles in Africa

Article exploring the belief of witchcraft held by the Azande people in Southern Sudan. Read more here.

Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea is still burning “sorcerers” at the stake

Women’s rights advocate and former schoolteacher Helen Rumbali, her sister Nikono, and Nikono’s two teenage daughters were held captive and tortured with knives and axes for three days before the mob beheaded Helen and seriously injured Nikono. Finally, after another fortnight of tense hostage negotiations with members of the local community, police managed to secure the release of the remaining three captives on Monday. Over the past few years, incidents like these have become common in Papua New Guinea. Late last month, six women accused of sorcery were tortured with hot irons as part of an Easter “sacrifice” in a village in the Southern Highlands. Yet despite the growing problem, sorcery-related violence often goes unreported. Read more here.

Papua New Guinea: Tortured for witchcraft in Papua New Guinea

With sorcery-related killings in Papua New Guinea making news around the world, photographer and recent Amnesty International Media Awards nominee Vlad Sokhin finds the heroes behind the headlines. See here.

India: Woman dies after ‘treatment’ from witch doctor

AHMEDABAD: A 46-year-old woman died after a leg cramp in Anandnagar. As the woman died after a ‘treatment’ by a witch doctor, the woman’s husband has filed a complaint with police. Investigators have sent the body for post-mortem to know the cause of death. Read more here.

Zambia: Serenje man (80) set ablaze

AN 80-year-old man suspected of practising witchcraft was locked in his house and burnt to death, police in Central Province have said. Read more here.

India: Human skulls recovery – Witchcraft the motive, reveal investigations

Ahmedabad: The case of 15 human skulls recovered near river Vishwamitri in Vadodara may bring the investigating team to Ahmedabad. There are reports that the word ‘Isanpur’ was written on the bag in which the skeletal remains were found. This suggests that the bag may have been manufactured in Isanpur area of Ahmedabad, sources in the police said. Read more here

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