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Nigeria: Albino Foundation Condemns Killing Of Albinos In Nigeria

Founder of the Albino Foundation in Nigeria, Mr Jake Epelle has condemned the alleged killing of albinos in some parts of the country for ritual purposes. Read more here.

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.

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.

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

Malawi: Malawi anti-witchcraft violence project launched

Malawi’s Association for Secular Humanism [ASH] has embarked on a project aimed at ending witchcraft-based violence against the elderly, women and children in the country. The project, which will cover 11 districts, is aimed at protecting the rights of victims of witchcraft-related violence being funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy. Read more here.

Papua New Guinea: Day of weeping for PNG women

A NATIONAL day of mourning, a haus krai (house of mourning), will be held on May 15 to highlight the violence and suffering of women in Papua New Guinea through allegations of witchcraft, rape, and murder. Read more here.

India: Witchcraft: Tripura acts tough to stop tribals’ killings

The Tripura government has taken tough legal action and is sensitizing people to stop killing of tribals, mostly women, in the state for allegedly practising sorcery and witchcraft, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday. Read more here.

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