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Press Release 6th March 2013: Call for Further Action to Prevent Abuses of Human Rights Due to the Belief in Witchcraft

See press release here

Sorcery beliefs and practices in Gumine: a source of conflict and insecurity

A report conducted as a part of the Security and Community Initiative Research project in Gumine District, working with affected people to establish how the practice of witchcraft and sorcery relates to insecurities faced in many families and the wider community in Gumine.  Full report see here. 

Targeting of women as witches: Trends, Prevalence and the law in Northern, Western,and Northeastern regions of India

A report carried out by experts, and stakeholders seeking to establish the ways in which a centuries-old system is invoked to stigmatise and punish women in contemporary India. Full report see here.

Tanzania: Insight: NIMR scoffs at witchcraft, denies Freemasonry links

Health officials in Mwanza Region have warned against increasing tendency to associate research work in the Lake Zone with mythical beliefs and wicked notions like wrongly associating National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) with freemasonry. Read more here. 

Romania: Witch reveals heart of Roma

Two years ago, Romanian photojournalist Mugur Varzariu set out to capture all facets of today’s Romania, from its active witch culture to the ugly Roma ethnic conflict. Raising awareness through the cross hairs of his camera, he has dedicated himself to projecting a country that transcends its Transylvanian image, and to documenting the different challenges of the Roma. Read more here. 

What is the Islamic law about overpowering jinn, spirits and devils?

Getting help from the spirits, jinns and devils and scientific and practical communication with them are said to be magic in the etymological and jurisprudential technical terms. Read more here.

Nigeria: Dubbed a witch, expelled from school, 10-yr-old Rachael battles college to regain dignity

A school principal in Osun State has sent a student, accused by her classmate of possessing witchcraft, packing from the school. Read more here.

Nepal: Dalit woman thrashed on charge of witchcraft

A Dalit woman from Damhimadai VDC in Mahottari district has been misbehaved from her neighbors on the charge of practising witchcraft. Read more here.

Uganda: Three Children Found Headless

Child sacrifice is still on an increase upcountry following the murder of three children in Luweero district. Read more here.

Nigeria: Child Witch Saga: Father tortures 6-yr-old daughter for five days

A six- year- old girl, Edidiong Etok Akpan, who was subjected to a harrowing treatment by her father, Edet Etok Akpan, was rescued after she had been locked up in a room with her hands tied and mouth covered with a piece of cloth for five days. Read more here.

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