127 Women Lynched for Witchcraft in One Indian State Between 2012 and 2014
Data from the state of Jharkhand, India, shows a total of more than 127 woman lynched by angry crowds after being accused of witchcraft between 2012 and 2014.
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Monk Banned From Distributing ‘Homophobic’ Leaflets After Telling Lesbian Witches: ‘We Used To Burn People Like You’
A monk has been banned from delivering religious leaflets in Britain for the next five years following complaints of homophobia. Brother Damon Kelly of the Black Hermits, a tiny Catholic group based in Northampton, pleaded guilty in June to harassing
Steep Rise In Immigrant ‘Witchcraft’ and ‘Exorcism’ Related Child Abuse
The number of quasi-religious “witchcraft” and exorcism related child abuse cases has nearly triple in just three years. The phenomenon of children being accused of “possession” and “witchcraft” is most commonly seen in West African and South Asian immigrant communities.
Three Have Throats Slit in Possible Witchcraft-Related Murders
An elderly woman and her two middle-aged sons were found hammered to death with their throats slit in their Pensacola, Florida, home last Friday in what may have been a ritualistic killing associated with witchcraft.
UN: Women Tortured, Mutilated, Murdered for Witchcraft Accusations
The United Nations Human Rights panel revealed in a report published this week that many women around the world still face witchcraft accusations. They are then subjected to execution, torture, and mutilation.
Uganda Prepares for Surge in Child Sacrifice by Witch Doctors as Election Nears
As the 2016 election in Uganda approach, officials have begun working to crack down on an increasingly popular witchcraft trend in the African nation: child sacrifice, typically the result of extreme mutilations while the child is alive that leaves them unable to recover.
Tanzania Warns Politicians: Witchcraft Using Albino Body Parts Will Not Win You Elections
Tanzania’s federal government has been forced to issue a warning to politicians competing in the October elections not to engage in witchcraft in an attempt to improve their odds of winning, reminding candidates that witchcraft was banned nationally in January and any attacks on people with albinism–whose bodies are used in good luck potions–will be prosecuted.
Satanic Cult Linked to Murder of 6-Year-Old Mexican Boy
The horrific torture and murder of a six year-old Mexican boy by five other children, that prosecutors say is evidence of “social decomposition” and an “absence of values,” is now believed to be linked to a satanic cult.
ISIS Beheads Man Accused of Witchraft, Sorcery in Iraq
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) released pictures of jihadists beheading a man they allege had been practicing “witchcraft” in Tikrit.
