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Cambodia: Couple accused of witchcraft flees Cambodian village

Two Cambodian villagers fled for their lives after neighbours accused them of practicing witchcraft, local media reported Wednesday. Read more here.

Saudi Arabia: Witchcraft arrests in Saudi Arabia on the rise

Saudi Arabia’s religious police department has an Anti-Witchcraft Unit to combat sorcery. Arrests are on the rise and the penalty can be as severe as death. Read more here.

India: 12 held for witch-hunting deaths in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: Twelve people have been arrested in Meghalaya in connection with the recent case of ” witch hunting” in the state that involved lynching of three persons. On this backdrop, the state government has sought “specific suggestions” from the civil society for framing appropriate laws to end the criminal and superstitious practice of branding people as “witches” and their subsequent lynching. Read more here.

Nepal: Rights activists slam ‘witchcraft’ murder

Various human rights organisations took to the streets on Monday, protesting the murder of Parbatidevi Chaudhary for allegedly practicing witchcraft in Supauli-9 of Parsa. Read more here.

Malaysia: Father kills son in ‘ritual of black magic’

LAHAD DATU: A seven-year-old boy was put to death by his own father, who was believed to practise black magic. Read more here.

India: Three lynched by mob on suspicion of practising witchcraft

Three persons accused of practising witchcraft, were lynched by a mob in Shillong, police said on Saturday. Read more here.

Nepal: Mob beat ‘witch’ to death in Nepal

A woman has been beaten to death in southern Nepal by a mob that accused her of being a witch. Read more here

Nigeria: The Education Ritual Killers Need

The news of the recent arrest of an ostensibly struggling Nigerian herdsman who beheaded his 5-year-old son for money-making ritual purposes has broken many hearts. The bizarre incident happened because the obviously mad man thought it was the fastest means to get his business back on track. He is not alone: The media are filled with one ritual-related cold-blooded murder of Nigerians, especially children, hunchbacks, albinos and young women for the purpose of harvesting their body parts that the criminals consider efficacious for money-making or election-winning rituals. Read more here.

Zambia: Anti-God activist Thindwa urges police to enforce laws on witchcraft

The Association for Secular Humanism (ASH) has said cases of witchcraft-based violence could be better handled by the police unlike sending back the complainants to resolve them in their respective communities. Read more here.

Zambia: Son kills dad over witchcraft suspicion

A SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD man of Serenje has been axed to death by his son and nephew on suspicion that he was practising witchcraft, police in Kabwe have said. Read more here.

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