Nepal’s women’s commission has condemned an attack in the remote west of the country on an elderly woman accused of witchcraft. The 60-year-old woman was stripped naked and had her head shaved. She was fed excrement and badly beaten. To read more click here
DESPERATE Asian families are visiting unqualified ‘spiritual healers’ to try and cure their child’s disability. Families are splashing out hundreds of pounds on these healers in the hope their child’s autism or learning disability can be cured, campaigners have told Eastern Eye. Some healers in Britain carry out spells using black magic and may beat the child to rid it of ‘evil spirits’ – an experience which can leave the child traumatised. To read more click here
GOVERNMENT says it is inhuman, illegal and intolerable for people to burn to death an elderly couple on suspicion of witchcraft and that the culprits must be punished. Read more here
A sensational case of human sacrifice has come to light as people of a remote village of the north eastern Indian state of Assam killed a 55-year-old man on Thursday and later buried his body in a bid to satisfy a goddess. Read more here
Two women are expected to appear in the Mahwelereng Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for allegedly murdering and dismembering a woman, Limpopo police said. Read more here
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada publication. Read report here
Witchcraft that was supposed to make a man rich ended in tears with the “patient” losing more then N$35 000 after he consulted a witch doctor, who identified himself as Dr Camuchau from Malawi, to increase his financial fortune. Read more here
The office of King Mabhoko III of the Ndebele tribe has blamed the deaths of 28 initiates in Mpumalanga’s highveld area on witchcraft. Ndzundza Tribal Authority (NTA) spokesperson Prince Dumisani Mahlangu told a Sapacorrespondent this week the number of deaths was unusually high. Read more here
A housemaid who was sentenced to five years in jail and deportation for using witchcraft against her Emirati employer’s family, has had her sentence reduced to three months. Read more here
Papua New Guinea has repealed its controversial Sorcery Act but has expanded its use of the death penalty. Under legislation passed in parliament on Tuesday, killings linked to allegations of witchcraft will now be treated as murder. Read more here
