Stop Witch Hunts

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The Witch-hunt is a centuries old tool of prejudice against society, in particular women.

Witchcraft accusations, hangings, stoning episodes, burnings, beatings, hackings, banishing and forced relocations are common types of brutality and violence women in particular, are still subjected to in many communities of South Africa. All too often, with epidemic frequency, the disempowered (old women, children and men) are subjected to false accusations, brutal and abusive treatment at the hands of accusers, rural courts, superstitious and angry mobs who wish to purge their community of the perceived “evil” amongst them.

Help us bring an end to accusations of witchcraft and witch hunts by persuading the appropriate authorities to a) admit that witch-hunts are human rights abuses, and b) to prioritize advocacy and action to end witch hunts.

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TouchStone Advocacy

In support of '30 days of advocacy against witch-hunts'
Advocating an end to witch-hunts globally

For more information visit: http://www.paganrightsalliance.org/advocacy

Posted February 1, 2013

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Damon L. South Africa

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To: Parliament of South Africa; South African Human Rights Commission; United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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We appeal to the members of the Parliament of South Africa, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to:

a. Acknowledge the extent of human rights abuses committed as a result of accusations of witchcraft in South Africa,

b. Acknowledge the existence of living refugees of accusation,

c. Adopt public education programmes aimed at eradicating the causes of witchcraft accusations,

d. Train police to manage witchcraft accusations and witch-hunts in a way that affirms the dignity of those accused,

e. Create victim support units to facilitate access to justice, reintegration and conciliation for the accused currently forced to live in involuntary exile from society,

f. Uphold and strengthen a culture of human rights for all equally, including victims of accusation, and

g. Reform legislation that currently seeks to suppress witchcraft or criminalize accused witches.

There can be no human culture without human rights for all!

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