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INAWARA: International Network Against Witchcraft Accusations & Ritual Attacks. Advocating to end human rights abuses tied to witchcraft accusations & ritual violence. Supporting UN HRC efforts to eliminate harmful practices. 🌍✊ #HumanRights #EndWitchHunt
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A case with gender-based violence undertones. He went on to accuse his mother of ‘bewitching his two deceased brothers’, before threatening to kill her.

By Lillian Chepkoech
The Standard
19 November 2025
www.standardmedia.co.ke/courts/artic...
#humanrights #superstition #witchaccusations
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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“CRARN, which stands for Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network, help children accused of witchcraft to rebuild lives."

By Ben Ezeamalu
Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
#witchaccusations #nigeria #humanrights
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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“Women, often elderly, widowed, or without strong family protection, are most frequently targeted, Azumah says. Once accused, they are vulnerable to mob violence, abandonment, or lifelong banishment.”

By Claire Thomas
Al Jazeera
www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
#witchcamps #ghana #humanrights
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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INAWARA would like to reiterate that our mission focuses solely on the harmful practices related to witchcraft beliefs, such as attacks and stigmatisation. We hope that any harmful behaviours shown by those making witch accusations are also being given proper attention.

TOLOnews
16 November.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Everytime someone is accused of sorcery and then tortured, burned, or killed, it’s another casualty in a war that too often we pretend isn’t happening.”

By Gary Bustin
Post Courier
13 November 2025
www.postcourier.com.pg/the-silent-w...
#witchaccusations #humanrights #superstition
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Police have condemned the incident, calling on the public to reject superstition and mob violence.

1 November 2025
www.indiatodayne.in/meghalaya/st...
#witchaccusations #humanrights #superstition
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Dr Gabriel Kuman is a researcher and senior lecturer. In this blog post, he explores the interplay between beliefs and science in relation to nurses and patients, and what happens when beliefs around sorcery cross into the medical world of hospitals.
www.theinternationalnetwork.org/blog/kumannu...
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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“In the coming days and weeks, Advocacy For Alleged Witches will work with FIDA, NHRC, and other agencies in Bayelsa to educate and enlighten witchcraft believers and support these children and other victims of witch hunts in the state.”

By Leo Igwe
NewsTimes
www.newtimes.com.ng/parents-witc...
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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"There is no such thing as a witch. When some of our family members started branding my sister-in-law Padabi as a witch, I protested – but no one listened,” said Sundari Tudu, speaking to The Wire."

By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee
@thewire.in
25 October 2025
thewire.in/rights/purul...
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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“The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Bauchi Branch, and the Advocacy for Alleged Witches, AFAW, have raised concerns over the increasing cases of women being accused of witchcraft in Bauchi State.”

By Timi Owolabi
Daily Post
19 October 2025
dailypost.ng/2025/10/19/f...
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The false belief that body parts of people with albinism bring wealth, luck, or political success have driven attacks and killings across Tanzania.

By Alfred Lasteck
BBC Africa
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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“An illiterate girl growing up in a rural Indian village where superstitions were just part of everyday life, to being nominated for the Nobel Prize, Birubala’s story is truly incredible.”

Written by Ellen Willis.
www.theinternationalnetwork.org/blog/birubal...
#activism #humanrights
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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“Statistics state that between 2001 and 2023 a total of 660 people were murdered in Jharkhand in the name of witch-hunting and witchcraft which should be considered a shame for any society.”

By ETV Bharat English Team
ETV Bharat
15 October 2025
www.etvbharat.com/en/bharat/jh...
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Calls for UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft.

By Esther Addley
@theguardian.com
11 October 2025
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Our thoughts are with the family members of the victims.

By KA Gupta
The Times of India
10 October 2025
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/...
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Devastating statistics for UK children.
“Official figures show 2,180 children were identified as potential victims of abuse linked to faith or belief last year- a rise from 2,140 in 2023 and 1,960 in 2022."

By John Siddle and John James
@dailymail.co.uk
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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“Court documents claim the mother and son attacked their neighbors with a metal pipe, leaving them both with gashes on their head and necks before stealing their cell phones.”
By Kenzie Beach and Sara Filips
Fox10 Phoenix
www.fox10phoenix.com/news/neighbo...
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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“Lapai was chosen because of its long history of witchcraft allegations. The program was a product of partnership between AfAW and the Mixed Observers Team (MOT), an organisation dedicated to promoting women’s human rights.
By Dooyum Dominic Ingye
Modern Ghana
www.modernghana.com/news/1435564...
October 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Productive discussions continue in Ghana.
“We need to have a lot more community sensitization for people to understand that every single human being deserves their basic fundamental human rights.”'

By Ghana Business News
www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2025/09/27/h...
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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“Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday highlighted that laws alone are insufficient to change societal perceptions of alleged witches, calling instead for collective action at the community level.”
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October 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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“Security chaos - Person accused of “witchcraft” kil*led in Nawa City”
By The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
22 September 2025
www.syriahr.com/en/370282/
September 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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“Mr. Anim assured them of the Committee’s commitment to work with civil society groups and the government to facilitate the camp residents reintegration into society and reconnect them with their loved ones."

By Valentia Tetteh
GBC Ghana Online
www.gbcghanaonline.com/general/huma...
September 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Apparently, people smugglers in charge of the wooden boat accused some of the passengers of being witches after the boat experienced engine problems and the food supplies began to run out.

By Natalia Pena
Breaking New. ie
www.breakingnews.ie/world/accuse...
September 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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“Ruth is now board president of Advancing PNG Leaders Network, and organisation she set up after being deputy director for PNG Tribal Foundation.”
By Hilda Wayne
ABC Pacific
www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog...
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM