Women accused of witchcraft in Nepal are often tortured and beaten by their own community. Human rights activists have been trying to stop the persecution but they say current legislation is too weak and is not helping. It is thought that about four women are abused every month, having their heads shaved and being beaten and bound. Al Jazeera’s Subina Shrestha reports from Kailali. See here
Residents of Chuma Village, Nyandarua County experienced a bizarre incident in which an elderlywoman caught attempting to use witchcraft to recover her money got a thorough beating. Read more here
JAIPUR: In order to ensure safety of a to be born child, a man allegedly killed a 9-year-old boy in SawaiMadhopur. This was done as a ‘sacrifice’ as suggested by a temple priest. Read more here.
Nigerian prostitutes enter into voodoo-contracts in order to get to Europe. Justice politicians and aid lawyers along with the ROSA project now believe that voodoo priests might help them in a desperate situation. Several trafficking sentences in Norway and Europe describe how Nigerian women undergo magical rituals were they commit themselves to pay a debt to those who help get them to Europe, less dark forces will maim or kill them and their family members. Read more here.
Operators of commercial water boreholes in Abia State do embark on fetish rituals and sacrifices to draw customers to themselves and make more money than their colleagues. In so doing, they put the lives of their customers in danger by hiding charms, amulets and even live animals in their tanks so that water drinkers will always want to buy water from their pumps. Read more here.
A surge in sorcery and witchcraft related murders in Papua New Guinea has drawn widespread condemnation from international groups such as the United Nations and Amnesty International. A growing culture of insecurity and fear has been blamed and there are concerns it will impact on the country’s economic development. Read more here.
In recent years, there’s been an increase in the deaths of albinos in Tanzania. At the heart of the problem, are rumors that albinos’ body parts can bring wealth and good luck. Josephat Torner has been spreading awareness about albinism in Tanzania. His efforts have been captured in the documentary “In the Shadow of the Sun”. See here.
Persons living with albinism have been kidnapped, mutilated and killed by fellow citizens for the purpose of witchcraft related rituals. The following documents reported attacks on persons living with albinism in Africa. See here: PWA Attacks in Africa
The pressure of modern living has created a huge demand for magic charms to procure luck, money and success, leading inevitably to a surge in the numbers of ‘muti-hunters’ seeking their chief ingredient, albino body parts. The following report looks at the practice of muti killings of albinos. See here Albino Muti Murders
The following report, documents four separate incidents of brutal attacks on persons with albinism that occurred in Tanzania between January 31st and February 15th 2013. see here Under the Same Sun Report on albino attacks
